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