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Commentary for Proverbs 14:1

חַכְמ֣וֹת נָ֭שִׁים בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶת בְּיָדֶ֥יהָ תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ׃

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Rashi on Proverbs

The wisest of women Heb. חכמות, vowelized with a “patach,” is not a noun, but [it means that] the wisest of women build their houses, for they are preserved by them, like the wife of On the son of Peleth, as is explained in the chapter entitled “Chelek.”
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Rashi on Proverbs

but a foolish one Heb. ואולת. But a foolish woman.
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Rashi on Proverbs

tears it down with her hands She tears down her house. This is Korah’s wife.]
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