KJV: For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
YLT: And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Darby: Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass.
ASV: But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.
וְאִ֣ישׁ | For an man |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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נָ֭בוּב | empty-headed |
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: נָבַב Sense: (Qal) to hollow out. |
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יִלָּבֵ֑ב | will be wise |
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לָבַב Sense: to ravish, become intelligent, get a mind. |
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וְעַ֥יִר | and when a colt |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: עִיר Sense: he-ass, male ass. |
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פֶּ֝֗רֶא | Of wild donkey |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: פֶּרֶא Sense: wild ass. |
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אָדָ֥ם | a man |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind. |
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יִוָּלֵֽד | is born |
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail. |