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Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. |
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ṭō·wḇ
Better
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
ḥă·rê·ḇāh
a dry
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2720 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) waste, desolate, dry |
paṯ
morsel
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6595 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece |
wə·šal·wāh-
in quietness
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7962 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) quietness, ease, prosperity |
ḇāh
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
mib·ba·yiṯ
than a house
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
mā·lê
full of
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4392 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) full, fulness, that which fills
1a) fully (adv) |
ziḇ·ḥê-
feasting
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 2077 |
| Footnote | Or sacrifices |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sacrifice
1a) sacrifices of righteousness
1b) sacrifices of strife
1c) sacrifices to dead things
1d) the covenant sacrifice
1e) the passover
1f) annual sacrifice
1g) thank offering |
rîḇ
with strife .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7379 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strife, controversy, dispute
1a) strife, quarrel
1b) dispute, controversy, case at law |
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A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers. |
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maś·kîl
A wise
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7919 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper
1a) (Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to look at or upon, have insight
1b2) to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent
1b3) to have insight, have comprehension
1b3a) insight, comprehension (subst)
1b4) to cause to consider, give insight, teach
1b4a) the teachers, the wise
1b5) to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely
1b6) to prosper, have success
1b7) to cause to prosper
2) (Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands) |
‘e·ḇeḏ-
servant
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5650 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant
1b) subjects
1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
1e) servant (of Israel)
1f) servant (as form of address between equals) |
yim·šōl
will rule over
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4910 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rule, have dominion, reign
1a) (Qal) to rule, have dominion
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to rule
1b2) to exercise dominion |
mê·ḇîš
a disgraceful
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 954 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to feel shame
1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)
1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to put to shame
1c2) to act shamefully
1c3) to be ashamed
1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another |
bə·ḇên
son
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
ya·ḥă·lōq
and share
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2505 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to divide, apportion
1a2) to assign, distribute
1a3) to assign, impart
1a4) to share
1a5) to divide up, plunder
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to divide oneself
1b2) to be divided
1b3) to assign, distribute
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to divide, apportion
1c2) to assign, distribute
1c3) to scatter
1d) (Pual) to be divided
1e) (Hiphil) to receive a portion or part
1f) (Hithpael) to divide among themselves
2) to be smooth, slippery, deceitful
2a) (Qal) to be smooth, slippery
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to be smooth
2b2) to flatter |
na·ḥă·lāh
his inheritance
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5159 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion |
ū·ḇə·ṯō·wḵ
as one of
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8432 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) midst, middle
1a) midst, middle
1b) into, through (after verbs of motion)
1c) among (of a number of persons)
1d) between (of things arranged by twos)
1e) from among (as to take or separate etc) |
’a·ḥîm
the brothers .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 251 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) brother
1a) brother of same parents
1b) half-brother (same father)
1c) relative, kinship, same tribe
1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)
1e) (fig.) of resemblance |
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A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts. |
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maṣ·rêp̄
A crucible
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4715 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) crucible |
lak·ke·sep̄
for silver
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3701 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) silver, money
1a) silver
1a1) as metal
1a2) as ornament
1a3) as colour
1b) money, shekels, talents |
wə·ḵūr
and a furnace
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3564 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) furnace, forge, smelting furnace or pot
v
2) (Qal) to bore, pierce, dig, hew |
laz·zā·hāḇ
for gold ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2091 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gold
1a) as precious metal
1b) as a measure of weight
1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.) |
Yah·weh
but the LORD
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3068 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One|
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
ū·ḇō·ḥên
is the tester
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 974 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to examine, try, prove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to examine, scrutinise
1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)
1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved
1c) (Pual) to make a trial |
lib·bō·wṯ
of hearts .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3826 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) heart |
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A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue. |
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mê·ra‘
A wicked man
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7489 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be bad, be evil
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to be displeasing
1a2) to be sad
1a3) to be injurious, be evil
1a4) to be wicked, be evil (ethically)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to do an injury or hurt
1b2) to do evil or wickedly
1b3) mischief (participle)
2) to break, shatter
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to break
2a2) broken (participle)
2a3) to be broken
2b) (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder |
maq·šîḇ
listens
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7181 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen
1a) (Qal) incline, attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen
1b) (Hiphil) to pay attention, give attention |
‘al-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
’ā·wen
evil
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow
1a) trouble, sorrow
1b) idolatry
1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness |
śə·p̄aṯ-
lips ;
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
še·qer
a liar
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8267 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
1b) deceit, fraud, wrong
1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony)
1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
1e) lie, falsehood (in general)
1e1) false tongue
1f) in vain |
mê·zîn
gives ear
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 238 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hear, listen
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to hear, listen, give ear
1a2) to be obedient, harken
1a3) to hear or listen to prayers (of God) |
‘al-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
haw·wōṯ
a destructive
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) desire
1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity |
lə·šō·wn
tongue .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular construct |
| Strongs | 3956 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tongue
1a) tongue (of men)
1a1) tongue (literal)
1a2) tongue (organ of speech)
1b) language
1c) tongue (of animals)
1d) tongue (of fire)
1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped) |
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He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished. |
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lō·‘êḡ
He who mocks
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3932 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to mock, deride, ridicule
1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision
1b) (Niphal) to stammer
1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride |
lā·rāš
the poor
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7326 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be poor, be in want, lack
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be poor
1a2) to be in want or hunger
1a3) poor man (subst)
1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle) |
ḥê·rêp̄
insults
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2778 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid
1a) (Qal) to reproach
1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt
2) (Qal) to winter, spend harvest time, remain in harvest time
3) (Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed |
‘ō·śê·hū
their Maker ;
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
śā·mê·aḥ
whoever gloats
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8056 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joyful, merry, glad
1a) joyful, showing joy
1b) you who rejoice (subst) |
lə·’êḏ
over calamity
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 343 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) distress, burden, calamity
1a) burden (of the righteous)
1b) calamity (of nation)
1c) disaster (of wicked)
1d) day of calamity |
lō
will not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
yin·nā·qeh
go unpunished .
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5352 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off
1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out
1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent
1b3) to be free, be exempt from punishment
1b4) to be free, be exempt from obligation
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to hold innocent, acquit
1c2) to leave unpunished |
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Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father. |
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bə·nê
Grandchildren
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
ḇā·nîm
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
‘ă·ṭe·reṯ
are the crown
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5850 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) crown, wreath |
zə·qê·nîm
of the aged ,
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) old
1a) old (of humans)
1b) elder (of those having authority) |
wə·ṯip̄·’e·reṯ
and the glory
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8597 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) beauty, splendour, glory
1a) beauty, finery (of garments, jewels)
1b) glory
1b1) of rank, renown
1b2) as attribute of God
1c) honour (or nation Israel)
1d) glorying, boasting (of individual) |
bā·nîm
of a son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām
is his father .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
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ye·ṯer
Eloquent
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3499 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellence
1a) remainder, remnant
1b) remainder, rest, other part
1c) excess
1d) abundantly (adv)
1e) abundance, affluence
1f) superiority, excellency |
śə·p̄aṯ-
words
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
lō-
are unfit
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
nā·wāh
. . .
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5000 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) comely, beautiful, seemly
1a) comely, beautiful
1b) seemly |
lə·nā·ḇāl
for a fool ;
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5036 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) foolish, senseless, fool |
’ap̄
how much worse
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 637 |
| BSB/Thayers | conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater)
1) also, yea, though, so much the more
adv
2) furthermore, indeed |
kî-
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
šā·qer
are lying
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8267 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
1b) deceit, fraud, wrong
1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony)
1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
1e) lie, falsehood (in general)
1e1) false tongue
1f) in vain |
śə·p̄aṯ-
lips
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
lə·nā·ḏîḇ
to a ruler !
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5081 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) inclined, willing, noble, generous
1a) incited, inclined, willing
1b) noble, princely (in rank)
1c) noble (in mind and character)
n m
2) noble one |
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A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds. |
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haš·šō·ḥaḏ
A bribe
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7810 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) present, bribe |
ḥên
is a charm
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2580 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) favour, grace, charm
1a) favour, grace, elegance
1b) favour, acceptance |
’e·ḇen-
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 68 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) stone (large or small)
1a) common stone (in natural state)
1b) stone, as material
1b1) of tablets
1b2) marble, hewn stones
1c) precious stones, stones of fire
1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
1e) weight
1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
1i) (simile)
1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness
1i2) strength, firmness, solidity
1i3) commonness
1j) (metaph)
1j1) petrified with terror
1j2) perverse, hard heart |
bə·‘ê·nê
to
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - cdc |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
ḇə·‘ā·lāw
its giver ;
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1167 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) owner, husband, lord
1a) owner
1b) a husband
1c) citizens, inhabitants
1d) rulers, lords
1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams)
1f) lord (used of foreign gods) |
’el-
wherever
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
kāl-
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
yip̄·neh
he turns ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6437 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to turn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn toward or from or away
1a2) to turn and do
1a3) to turn, decline (of day)
1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening)
1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for
1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to turn
1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back
1d) (Hophal) to be turned back |
yaś·kîl
he succeeds .
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7919 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper
1a) (Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to look at or upon, have insight
1b2) to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent
1b3) to have insight, have comprehension
1b3a) insight, comprehension (subst)
1b4) to cause to consider, give insight, teach
1b4a) the teachers, the wise
1b5) to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely
1b6) to prosper, have success
1b7) to cause to prosper
2) (Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands) |
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Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends. |
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mə·ḵas·seh-
Whoever conceals
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3680 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to cover, conceal, hide
1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be covered
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cover, clothe
1c2) to cover, conceal
1c3) to cover (for protection)
1c4) to cover over, spread over
1c5) to cover, overwhelm
1d) (Pual)
1d1) to be covered
1d2) to be clothed
1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself |
pe·ša‘
an offense
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) transgression, rebellion
1a1) transgression (against individuals)
1a2) transgression (nation against nation)
1a3) transgression (against God)
1a3a) in general
1a3b) as recognised by sinner
1a3c) as God deals with it
1a3d) as God forgives
1a4) guilt of transgression
1a5) punishment for transgression
1a6) offering for transgression |
mə·ḇaq·qêš
promotes
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
’a·hă·ḇāh
love ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 160 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) love
1a) human love for human object
1a1) of man toward man
1a2) of man toward himself
1a3) between man and woman
1a4) sexual desire
2) God's love to His people |
wə·šō·neh
but he who brings it up
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8138 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to repeat, do again, change, alter
1a) (Qal) to change
1b) (Niphal) to be repeated
1c) (Piel) to change, alter
1d) (Hithpael) to disguise oneself |
ḇə·ḏā·ḇār
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
map̄·rîḏ
separates
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to separate, divide
1a) (Qal) to divide
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to divide, separate
1b2) to be divided, be separated
1c) (Piel) to be separated
1d) (Pual) to be divided
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to divide, separate
1e2) to make a division, make a separation
1f) (Hithpael) to be divided, be separated, get separated |
’al·lūp̄
friends .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 441 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tame, docile
2) friend, intimate
3) chief |
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A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool. |
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gə·‘ā·rāh
A rebuke
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a rebuke, reproof |
tê·ḥaṯ
cuts into
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5181 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go down, descend
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go down, descend
1a2) to descend, descend into (chastisement) (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to come down into, penetrate
1c) (Piel) to cause to descend, press down, stretch (a bow)
1d) (Hiphil) to bring down |
ḇə·mê·ḇîn
a man of discernment
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 995 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to discern, understand, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to perceive, discern
1a2) to understand, know (with the mind)
1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider
1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding
1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to understand
1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach
1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently
1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct
2) (TWOT) prudent, regard |
mê·’āh
deeper than a hundred
| Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3967 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hundred
1a) as simple number
1b) as part of larger number
1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100) |
mê·hak·kō·wṯ
lashes [cut into]
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5221 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill
1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
1d) (Hophal) to be smitten
1d1) to receive a blow
1d2) to be wounded
1d3) to be beaten
1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
1d5) to be attacked and captured
1d6) to be smitten (with disease)
1d7) to be blighted (of plants) |
kə·sîl
a fool .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
מֵאָֽה׃mê·’āh deeper than a hundred |
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An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him. |
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rā‘
An evil [man]
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
yə·ḇaq·qeš-
seeks
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
’aḵ-
only
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 389 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) indeed, surely (emphatic)
2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive) |
mə·rî
rebellion ;
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4805 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rebellion
1a) rebellion
1b) rebellious (in construct) |
’aḵ·zā·rî
a cruel
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 394 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) cruel |
ū·mal·’āḵ
messenger
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4397 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger
1b) angel
1c) the theophanic angel |
yə·šul·laḥ-
will be sent against him .
| Grammar | Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7971 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to send
1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct
1a3) to send away
1a4) to let loose
1b) (Niphal) to be sent
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
1c2) to let go, set free
1c3) to shoot forth (of branches)
1c4) to let down
1c5) to shoot
1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
1e) (Hiphil) to send |
bōw
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
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bə·’îš
[It is better]
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective) |
pā·ḡō·wōš
to meet
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute |
| Strongs | 6298 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to meet, join, encounter
1a) (Qal) to meet, encounter
1b) (Niphal) to meet together, meet each other
1c) (Piel) to meet, encounter |
dōḇ
a bear
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1677 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bear |
šak·kūl
robbed of her cubs
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7909 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) childless (through bereavement)
2) bereaved, robbed of offspring |
wə·’al-
than
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 408 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive) |
kə·sîl
a fool
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
bə·’iw·wal·tōw
in his folly .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) foolishness, folly |
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If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house. |
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mê·šîḇ
If anyone returns
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7725 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to return, turn back
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn back, return
1a1a) to turn back
1a1b) to return, come or go back
1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
1a1d) of dying
1a1e) of human relations (fig)
1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
1a1g) of inanimate things
1a1h) in repetition
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to bring back
1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
1b4) to show turning, apostatise
1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
1d7) to turn against
1d8) to bring back to mind
1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
1f) (Pulal) brought back |
rā·‘āh
evil
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
ta·ḥaṯ
for
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
ṭō·w·ḇāh
good ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
rā·‘āh
evil
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
lō-
will never
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ṯå̄·mīš
leave
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4185 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to depart, remove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to depart
1a2) to remove
1a3) to be removed (of inanimate objects)
1b) (Hiphil) to remove, depart |
mib·bê·ṯōw
his house .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
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rê·šîṯ
To start
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7225 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) first, beginning, best, chief
1a) beginning
1b) first
1c) chief
1d) choice part |
mā·ḏō·wn
a quarrel
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4066 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strife, contention
1a) strife, contention
1b) object of contention |
pō·w·ṭêr
is to release
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6362 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to separate, set free, remove, open, escape, burst through
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to remove (oneself), escape
1a2) to set free, let out |
ma·yim
a flood ;
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4325 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.) |
nə·ṭō·wōš
so abandon
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5203 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to
1a2) to forsake, abandon
1a3) to permit
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be forsaken
1b2) to be loosened, be loose
1b3) to be let go, spread abroad
1c) (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted |
hā·rîḇ
the dispute
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7379 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strife, controversy, dispute
1a) strife, quarrel
1b) dispute, controversy, case at law |
wə·lip̄·nê
before
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
hiṯ·gal·la‘
it breaks out .
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1566 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to expose, lay bare
1a) (Hithpael)
1a1) to disclose oneself, break out
1a2) to break out (in contention) |
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maṣ·dîq
Acquitting
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6663 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be just, be righteous
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to have a just cause, be in the right
1a2) to be justified
1a3) to be just (of God)
1a4) to be just, be righteous (in conduct and character)
1b) (Niphal) to be put or made right, be justified
1c) (Piel) justify, make to appear righteous, make someone righteous
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to do or bring justice (in administering law)
1d2) to declare righteous, justify
1d3) to justify, vindicate the cause of, save
1d4) to make righteous, turn to righteousness
1e) (Hithpael) to justify oneself |
rā·šā‘
the guilty
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7563 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wicked, criminal
1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
1b) wicked (hostile to God)
1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man) |
ū·mar·šî·a‘
and condemning
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7561 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wicked, act wickedly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be wicked, act wickedly
1a2) to be guilty, be condemned
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to condemn as guilty (in civil relations)
1b2) to condemn as guilty (in ethical or religious relations)
1b3) to act wickedly (in ethics and religion) |
ṣad·dîq
the righteous —
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6662 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful |
šə·nê·hem
both
| Grammar | Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8147 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) two
1a) two (the cardinal number)
1a1) two, both, double, twice
1b) second (the ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
1d) both (a dual number) |
tō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ
are detestable
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8441 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable
1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)
1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc) |
Yah·weh
to the LORD
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3068 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One|
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
gam-
- .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
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Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? |
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lām·māh-
Why
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
zeh
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
kə·sîl
should the fool
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
mə·ḥîr
have money
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4242 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) price, hire
1a) price
1b) hire, reward, gain |
bə·yaḏ-
in his hand
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
’ā·yin
with no
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
wə·leḇ-
intention
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
liq·nō·wṯ
of buying
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 7069 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to get, acquire, create, buy, possess
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to get, acquire, obtain
1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people
1a1a1) possessor
1a1b) of Eve acquiring
1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom
1a2) to buy
1b) (Niphal) to be bought
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess |
ḥāḵ·māh
wisdom ?
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
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hā·rê·a‘
A friend
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7453 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person
1a) friend, intimate
1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense)
1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase) |
’ō·hêḇ
loves
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 157 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to love
1a) (Qal)
1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual
1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
1a3) human love for or to God
1a4) act of being a friend
1a4a) lover (participle)
1a4b) friend (participle)
1a5) God's love toward man
1a5a) to individual men
1a5b) to people Israel
1a5c) to righteousness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) lovely (participle)
1b2) loveable (participle)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) friends
1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2) to like |
bə·ḵāl
at all
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
‘êṯ
times ,
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 6256 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) time
1a) time (of an event)
1b) time (usual)
1c) experiences, fortunes
1d) occurrence, occasion |
wə·’āḥ
and a brother
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 251 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) brother
1a) brother of same parents
1b) half-brother (same father)
1c) relative, kinship, same tribe
1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)
1e) (fig.) of resemblance |
yiw·wā·lêḏ
is born
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bear, bring forth
1a1a) of child birth
1a1b) of distress (simile)
1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)
1a2) to beget
1b) (Niphal) to be born
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cause or help to bring forth
1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife
1c3) midwife (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be born
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to beget (a child)
1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)
1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)
1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree) |
lə·ṣā·rāh
for adversity .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) straits, distress, trouble
2) vexer, rival wife |
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’ā·ḏām
A man
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 120 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley |
ḥă·sar-
lacking
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2638 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) in need of, lacking, needy, in want of |
lêḇ
judgment
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
tō·w·qê·a‘
strikes
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8628 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon)
1a2) to give a blast, give a blow
1a3) to strike or clap hands
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn)
1b2) to strike or pledge oneself |
kāp̄
hands in pledge
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3709 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand
1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand
1b) power
1c) sole (of the foot)
1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects
1d1) of thigh-joint
1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow)
1d3) hollow (of sling)
1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees)
1d5) handles (as bent) |
‘ō·rêḇ
and puts up security
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6148 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take on pledge, go surety for
1a2) to give in pledge
1a3) to exchange
1a4) to pledge
1b) (Hithpael)
1b1) to exchange pledges
1b2) to have fellowship with, share |
‘ă·rub·bāh
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6161 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pledge, token, bond, surety, thing exchanged |
lip̄·nê
for
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
rê·‘ê·hū
his neighbor .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7453 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person
1a) friend, intimate
1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense)
1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase) |
כָּ֑ףkāp̄ hands in pledge עֹרֵ֥ב‘ō·rêḇ and puts up security |
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’ō·hêḇ
He who loves
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 157 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to love
1a) (Qal)
1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual
1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
1a3) human love for or to God
1a4) act of being a friend
1a4a) lover (participle)
1a4b) friend (participle)
1a5) God's love toward man
1a5a) to individual men
1a5b) to people Israel
1a5c) to righteousness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) lovely (participle)
1b2) loveable (participle)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) friends
1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2) to like |
pe·ša‘
transgression
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) transgression, rebellion
1a1) transgression (against individuals)
1a2) transgression (nation against nation)
1a3) transgression (against God)
1a3a) in general
1a3b) as recognised by sinner
1a3c) as God deals with it
1a3d) as God forgives
1a4) guilt of transgression
1a5) punishment for transgression
1a6) offering for transgression |
’ō·hêḇ
loves
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 157 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to love
1a) (Qal)
1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual
1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
1a3) human love for or to God
1a4) act of being a friend
1a4a) lover (participle)
1a4b) friend (participle)
1a5) God's love toward man
1a5a) to individual men
1a5b) to people Israel
1a5c) to righteousness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) lovely (participle)
1b2) loveable (participle)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) friends
1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2) to like |
maṣ·ṣāh
strife ;
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4683 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strife, contention |
piṯ·ḥōw
he who builds his gate
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6607 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) opening, doorway, entrance |
maḡ·bî·ah
high
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1361 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be high, be exalted
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be high, lofty, tall
1a2) to be exalted
1a3) to be lofty
1a3a) to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways-good sense)
1a3b) to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense)
1b) (Hiphil) to make high, exalt |
mə·ḇaq·qeš-
invites
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
šā·ḇer
destruction .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7667 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
1b) crashing
1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation
1d) quarries |
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‘iq·qeš-
The one with a perverse
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6141 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) twisted, distorted, crooked, perverse, perverted |
lêḇ
heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
yim·ṣā-
finds
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
lō
no
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ṭō·wḇ
good ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
bil·šō·w·nōw
and he whose tongue
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3956 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tongue
1a) tongue (of men)
1a1) tongue (literal)
1a2) tongue (organ of speech)
1b) language
1c) tongue (of animals)
1d) tongue (of fire)
1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped) |
wə·neh·pāḵ
is deceitful
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2015 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to overturn, overthrow
1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around
1a3) to change, transform
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back
1b2) to change oneself
1b3) to be perverse
1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against
1b5) to be reversed
1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown
1b7) to be upturned
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to transform oneself
1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way
1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone |
yip·pō·wl
falls
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to fall
1a2) to fall (of violent death)
1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of
1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
1a7) to lie, lie prostrate
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
1b2) to overthrow
1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
1b5) to cause to fall
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
1d) (Pilel) to fall |
bə·rā·‘āh
into trouble .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7451 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
n m
2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity
2b) evil, injury, wrong
2c) evil (ethical)
n f
3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress
3b) evil, injury, wrong
3c) evil (ethical) |
עִקֶּשׁ־‘iq·qeš- The one with a perverse |
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yō·lêḏ
A man fathers
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bear, bring forth
1a1a) of child birth
1a1b) of distress (simile)
1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)
1a2) to beget
1b) (Niphal) to be born
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cause or help to bring forth
1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife
1c3) midwife (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be born
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to beget (a child)
1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)
1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)
1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree) |
kə·sîl
a fool
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
lə·ṯū·ḡāh
to his own grief
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8424 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) grief, heaviness, sorrow |
lōw
;
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
’ă·ḇî
the father
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
nā·ḇāl
of a fool
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5036 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) foolish, senseless, fool |
wə·lō-
has no
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
yiś·maḥ
joy .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8055 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rejoice, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rejoice
1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)
1a3) to rejoice (religiously)
1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad |
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mê·aḥ
A joyful
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8056 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) joyful, merry, glad
1a) joyful, showing joy
1b) you who rejoice (subst) |
lêḇ
heart
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage |
yê·ṭiḇ
is good
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3190 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be glad, be joyful
1a2) to be well placed
1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with
1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make glad, rejoice
1b2) to do good to, deal well with
1b3) to do well, do thoroughly
1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful
1b5) to do well, do right |
gê·hāh
medicine ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1456 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a cure, a healing |
nə·ḵê·’āh
but a broken
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) stricken |
wə·rū·aḥ
spirit
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
tə·yab·beš-
dries up
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3001 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture
1a2) to be dried up
1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to dry up, make dry
1c1a) to dry up (water)
1c1b) to make dry, wither
1c1c) to exhibit dryness |
gā·rem
the bones .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1634 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bone, strength, bare?, self?
1a) bone
1b) strength, strong-boned
1c) self?, bare? (of stairs) |
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A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice. |
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rā·šā‘
A wicked [man]
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7563 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wicked, criminal
1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
1b) wicked (hostile to God)
1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man) |
yiq·qāḥ
takes
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning) |
mê·ḥêq
a covert
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2436 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bosom, hollow, bottom, midst |
šō·ḥaḏ
bribe
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7810 |
| Footnote | Hebrew a bribe from the bosom |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) present, bribe |
lə·haṭ·ṭō·wṯ
to subvert
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5186 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer
1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent)
1a3) to bend, turn, incline
1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down
1a3b) to bend, bow
1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stretch out
1c2) to spread out
1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away |
’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ
the course
| Grammar | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 734 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) way, path
1a) path, road
1b) the path, way, passing of life (fig.)
1c) way of living (fig.)
1d) traveller, wayfarer (meton) |
miš·pāṭ
of justice .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4941 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
1a) judgment
1a1) act of deciding a case
1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
1a6) execution (of judgment)
1a7) time (of judgment)
1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
1c) ordinance
1d) decision (in law)
1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan |
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ḥāḵ·māh
Wisdom
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom
1a) skill (in war)
1b) wisdom (in administration)
1c) shrewdness, wisdom
1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) |
’eṯ-
vvv
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 854 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with, near, together with
1a) with, together with
1b) with (of relationship)
1c) near (of place)
1d) with (poss.)
1e) from...with, from (with other prep) |
pə·nê
is the focus
| Grammar | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
mê·ḇîn
of the discerning ,
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 995 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to discern, understand, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to perceive, discern
1a2) to understand, know (with the mind)
1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider
1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding
1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to understand
1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach
1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently
1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct
2) (TWOT) prudent, regard |
wə·‘ê·nê
but the eyes
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
ḵə·sîl
of a fool
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
biq·ṣêh-
wander to the ends
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7097 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) end, extremity
1a) end, mouth, extremity
1b) border, outskirts
1c) the whole (condensed term for what is included within extremities)
1d) at the end of (a certain time) |
’ā·reṣ
of the earth .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 776 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
1b2) district, region
1b3) tribal territory
1b4) piece of ground
1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
1b6) inhabitants of land
1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world
1b8) city (-state)
1c) ground, surface of the earth
1c1) ground
1c2) soil
1d) (in phrases)
1d1) people of the land
1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
1d3) level or plain country
1d4) land of the living
1d5) end(s) of the earth
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
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kə·sîl
A foolish
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
bên
son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
ka·‘as
brings grief
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3708 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1a) vexation
1a1) of men
1a2) of God
1b) vexation, grief, frustration |
lə·’ā·ḇîw
to his father
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
ū·me·mer
and bitterness
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4470 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bitterness |
lə·yō·w·laḏ·tōw
to her who bore him .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bear, bring forth
1a1a) of child birth
1a1b) of distress (simile)
1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)
1a2) to beget
1b) (Niphal) to be born
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cause or help to bring forth
1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife
1c3) midwife (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be born
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to beget (a child)
1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)
1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)
1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree) |
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gam
It is surely
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
lō-
not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ṭō·wḇ
good
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
‘ă·nō·wōš
to punish
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 6064 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to fine, amerce, punish, condemn, mulct
1a) (Qal) to fine, punish
1b) (Niphal) to be fined, be punished, be mulcted |
laṣ·ṣad·dîq
the innocent
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6662 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful |
lə·hak·kō·wṯ
or to flog
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5221 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill
1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
1d) (Hophal) to be smitten
1d1) to receive a blow
1d2) to be wounded
1d3) to be beaten
1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
1d5) to be attacked and captured
1d6) to be smitten (with disease)
1d7) to be blighted (of plants) |
nə·ḏî·ḇîm
a noble
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5081 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) inclined, willing, noble, generous
1a) incited, inclined, willing
1b) noble, princely (in rank)
1c) noble (in mind and character)
n m
2) noble one |
‘al-
for
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
yō·šer
his honesty .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3476 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) straightness, uprightness
1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications)
1b) rightness, uprightness
1c) what is right, what is due |
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yō·w·ḏê·a‘
A man of knowledge
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
dā·‘aṯ
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
ḥō·w·śêḵ
restrains
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2820 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, keep from, hold in check, refrain, spare, reserve
1a2) to restrain, check
1b) (Niphal) to assuage, be spared |
’ă·mā·rāw
his words ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 561 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command |
’îš
and a man
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective) |
tə·ḇū·nāh
of understanding
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8394 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) understanding, intelligence
1a) the act of understanding
1a1) skill
1b) the faculty of understanding
1b1) intelligence, understanding, insight
1c) the object of knowledge
1d) teacher (personification) |
wə·qar
maintains a calm
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7119 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) cool
1a) cool, calm, self-possessed (of spirit) |
spirit .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 7307 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit
1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
1c2) courage
1c3) temper, anger
1c4) impatience, patience
1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
1c7) prophetic spirit
1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)
1e1) desire
1e2) sorrow, trouble
1f) spirit
1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts
1f2) rarely of the will
1f3) as seat especially of moral character
1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
1g4) as endowing men with various gifts
1g5) as energy of life
1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory
1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force |
וְקַרwə·qar maintains a calm |
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gam
Even
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 1571 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
1c) even (for stress)
1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike |
’ĕ·wîl
a fool
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 191 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) be foolish, foolish
1a) (subst)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious |
yê·ḥā·šêḇ
is considered
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2803 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to think, account
1a2) to plan, devise, mean
1a3) to charge, impute, reckon
1a4) to esteem, value, regard
1a5) to invent
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed
1b2) to be computed, be reckoned
1b3) to be imputed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of
1c2) to think to do, devise, plan
1c3) to count, reckon
1d) (Hithpael) to be considered |
ḥā·ḵām
wise
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2450 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wise, wise (man)
1a) skilful (in technical work)
1b) wise (in administration)
1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
1d) learned, shrewd (class of men)
1e) prudent
1f) wise (ethically and religiously) |
ma·ḥă·rîš
if he keeps silent ,
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2790 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in, engrave
1a2) to plough
1a3) to devise
1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed
1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
2) to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be silent
2a2) to be deaf
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to be silent, keep quiet
2b2) to make silent
2b3) to be deaf, show deafness
2c) (Hithpael) to remain silent |
nā·ḇō·wn
[and] discerning
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 995 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to discern, understand, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to perceive, discern
1a2) to understand, know (with the mind)
1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider
1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding
1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to understand
1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach
1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently
1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct
2) (TWOT) prudent, regard |
’ō·ṭêm
when he holds
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 331 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to shut, shut up, close
1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)
1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.) |
śə·p̄ā·ṯāw
his tongue .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
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