Ecclesiastes 7:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Young's Literal Translation
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

King James Bible
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be quickly
תְּבַהֵ֥ל (tə·ḇa·hêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously

provoked
לִכְע֑וֹס (liḵ·‘ō·ws)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3707: To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant

in your spirit,
בְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖ (bə·rū·ḥă·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

anger
כַ֔עַס (ḵa·‘as)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3708: Vexation, anger

settles
יָנֽוּחַ׃ (yā·nū·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down

in the lap
בְּחֵ֥יק (bə·ḥêq)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2436: The bosom

of a fool.
כְּסִילִ֖ים (kə·sî·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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