The Meaning of Proverbs 19:13 Explained

Proverbs 19:13

KJV: A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

YLT: A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Darby: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

ASV: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A foolish  son  [is] the calamity  of his father:  and the contentions  of a wife  [are] a continual  dropping. 

What does Proverbs 19:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 19

1  Life and Conduct

What do the individual words in Proverbs 19:13 mean?

The ruin of his father a son [is] foolish and [are] a dripping Continual the contentions of a wife
הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה

הַוֺּ֣ת  The  ruin 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: הַוָּה 
Sense: desire.
לְ֭אָבִיו  of  his  father 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בֵּ֣ן  a  son  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
כְּסִ֑יל  foolish 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
וְדֶ֥לֶף  and  [are]  a  dripping 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֶּלֶף  
Sense: a dropping, dripping.
טֹ֝רֵ֗ד  Continual 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: טָרַד  
Sense: to pursue, chase, be continuous.
מִדְיְנֵ֥י  the  contentions 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מָדֹון  
Sense: strife, contention.
אִשָּֽׁה  of  a  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.