The Meaning of Proverbs 7:11 Explained

Proverbs 7:11

KJV: (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

YLT: Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

Darby: She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

ASV: She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

(She [is] loud  and stubborn;  her feet  abide  not in her house: 

What does Proverbs 7:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:11 mean?

Loud she [was] and rebellious at home not would stay Her feet
הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־ יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ

הֹמִיָּ֣ה  Loud 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: הָמָה  
Sense: to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar.
הִ֣יא  she  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
וְסֹרָ֑רֶת  and  rebellious 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: סָרַר  
Sense: to rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory.
בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ  at  home 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ  would  stay 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁכַן  
Sense: to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside.
רַגְלֶֽיהָ  Her  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.