Pro 14:1 | NETfull | STEP | Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:1

1 Every wise woman ^{▼▼ Heb “wise ones of women.” The construct phrase חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים (khakhmot nashim) features a wholistic genitive: “wise women.” The plural functions in a distributive sense: “every wise woman.” The contrast is between wise and foolish women (e.g., Prov 7:10–23; 31:10–31).} builds ^{▼▼ The perfect tense verb in the first colon functions in a gnomic sense, while the imperfect tense in the second colon is a habitual imperfect.} her household, ^{▼▼ Heb “house.” This term functions as a synecdoche of container (= house) for contents (= household, family).}
but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.