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These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him: |
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diḇ·rê
[These are] the words
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| 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) |
me·leḵ
of King
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
lə·mū·’êl
Lemuel —
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3927 |
| BSB/Thayers | Lemuel = |for God|
1) the name of an unknown king to whom his mother addressed the prudential maxims contained in some of the Proverbs
1a) might be same as king Solomon |
maś·śā
the burden
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4853 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting
1a) load, burden
1b) lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up
1c) bearing, carrying
1d) tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne
2) utterance, oracle, burden
Massa = |burden|
n pr m
3) (BDB) a son of Ishmael |
’ăšer-
that
| 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 |
’im·mōw
his mother
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 517 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mother
1a) of humans
1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)
1c) of animals
2) point of departure or division |
yis·sə·rat·tū
taught him :
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3256 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to chasten, admonish
1a2) to instruct
1a3) to discipline
1b) (Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to discipline, correct
1c2) to chasten, chastise
1d) (Hiphil) to chasten
1e) (Nithpael) to teach |
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What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows? |
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mah-
What [shall I say] ,
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| Footnote | Or What or What are you doing |
| 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 |
bə·rî
O my son ?
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1248 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, heir |
ū·mah-
What ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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 |
bar-
O son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1248 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, heir |
biṭ·nî
of my womb ?
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 990 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) belly, womb, body
1a) belly, abdomen
1a1) as seat of hunger
1a2) as seat of mental faculties
1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.)
1b) womb |
ū·meh
What ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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 |
bar-
O son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1248 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, heir |
nə·ḏā·rāy
of my vows ?
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) vow, votive offering |
מַה־mah- What [shall I say] , |
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Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. |
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’al-
Do not
| Grammar | 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) |
tit·tên
spend
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
ḥê·le·ḵā
your strength
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
1a) strength
1b) ability, efficiency
1c) wealth
1d) force, army |
lan·nā·šîm
on women
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
ū·ḏə·rā·ḵe·ḵā
or your vigor
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1870 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner
1a) road, way, path
1b) journey
1c) direction
1d) manner, habit, way
1e) of course of life (fig.)
1f) of moral character (fig.) |
lam·ḥō·wṯ
on those who ruin
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 4229 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to wipe, wipe out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wipe
1a2) to blot out, obliterate
1a3) to blot out, exterminate
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be wiped out
1b2) to be blotted out
1b3) to be exterminated
1c) (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory)
2) (Qal) to strike
3) (Pual) full of marrow (participle) |
mə·lā·ḵîn
kings .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, |
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’al
It is not
| Grammar | 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) |
lam·lā·ḵîm
for kings ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
lə·mō·w·’êl
O Lemuel ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3927 |
| BSB/Thayers | Lemuel = |for God|
1) the name of an unknown king to whom his mother addressed the prudential maxims contained in some of the Proverbs
1a) might be same as king Solomon |
’al
it is not
| Grammar | 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) |
lam·lā·ḵîm
for kings
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
šə·ṯōw-
to drink
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8354 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk |
yā·yin
wine ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3196 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wine |
ū·lə·rō·wz·nîm
or for rulers
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7336 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to be weighty, be judicious, be commanding |
ʾō
[to crave]
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 176 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) or, rather
1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred
1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle
1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or
1d) if perchance
1e) except, or else
2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then |
šê·ḵār
strong drink ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7941 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor |
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lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. |
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pen-
lest
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 6435 |
| BSB/Thayers | conj
1) lest, not, beware lest
adv
2) lest |
yiš·teh
they drink
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8354 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk |
wə·yiš·kaḥ
and forget
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7911 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to forget, ignore, wither
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to forget
1a2) to cease to care
1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten
1c) (Piel) to cause to forget
1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget
1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten |
mə·ḥuq·qāq
what is decreed ,
| Grammar | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2710 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in
1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
1a3) to trace, mark out
1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
1b) (Poel)
1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree
1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed |
wî·šan·neh
depriving
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person 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 |
kāl-
all
| 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 |
bə·nê-
the oppressed
| 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 |
‘ō·nî
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6040 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) affliction, poverty, misery
1a) affliction
1b) poverty |
dîn
of justice .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1779 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) judgment
1a) judgment
1b) cause, plea
1c) condemnation, judgment
1d) dispute, legal suit, strife
1e) government |
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Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul. |
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tə·nū-
Give
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
šê·ḵār
strong drink
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7941 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor |
lə·’ō·w·ḇêḏ
to one who is perishing ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) perish, die, be exterminated
1a2) perish, vanish (fig.)
1a3) be lost, strayed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)
1b3) cause to stray, lose
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to destroy, put to death
1c1a) of divine judgment
1c2) object name of kings (fig.) |
wə·ya·yin
and wine
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3196 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wine |
lə·mā·rê
to the bitter
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 4751 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) bitter, bitterness
1a) of water or food
1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.)
1c) of pain (subst)
adv
2) bitterly |
nā·p̄eš
in soul .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5315 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
1b) living being
1c) living being (with life in the blood)
1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
1e) seat of the appetites
1f) seat of emotions and passions
1g) activity of mind
1g1) dubious
1h) activity of the will
1h1) dubious
1i) activity of the character
1i1) dubious |
לְאוֹבֵ֑דlə·’ō·w·ḇêḏ to one who is perishing , |
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Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. |
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yiš·teh
Let him drink
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8354 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk |
wə·yiš·kaḥ
and forget
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7911 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to forget, ignore, wither
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to forget
1a2) to cease to care
1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten
1c) (Piel) to cause to forget
1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget
1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten |
rî·šōw
his poverty ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7389 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) poverty |
yiz·kār-
and remember
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2142 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to remember, recall, call to mind
1a) (Qal) to remember, recall
1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to remember, remind
1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
1c3) to mention
1c4) to record
1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance |
wa·‘ă·mā·lōw
his misery
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5999 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour |
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) |
‘ō·wḏ
more .
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 5750 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) a going round, continuance
adv
2) still, yet, again, besides
2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence)
2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)
2c) again
2d) still, moreover, besides |
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Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. |
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pə·ṯaḥ-
Open
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to open
1a) (Qal) to open
1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to free
1c2) to loosen
1c3) to open, open oneself
1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself
2) to carve, engrave
2a) (Piel) to engrave
2b) (Pual) to be engraved |
pî·ḵā
your mouth
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6310 |
| BSB/Thayers | peh
1) mouth
1a) mouth (of man)
1b) mouth (as organ of speech)
1c) mouth (of animals)
1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)
1e) extremity, end pim
2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21 |
lə·’il·lêm
for those with no voice ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 483 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mute, silent, dumb, unable to speak |
’el-
for
| 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) |
dîn
the cause
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1779 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) judgment
1a) judgment
1b) cause, plea
1c) condemnation, judgment
1d) dispute, legal suit, strife
1e) government |
kāl-
of all
| 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 |
bə·nê
the dispossessed
| 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 |
ḥă·lō·wp̄
. . . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2475 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) destruction, passing away, vanishing, appointed to destruction |
לְאִלֵּ֑םlə·’il·lêm for those with no voice , |
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Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy. |
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pə·ṯaḥ-
Open
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to open
1a) (Qal) to open
1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to free
1c2) to loosen
1c3) to open, open oneself
1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself
2) to carve, engrave
2a) (Piel) to engrave
2b) (Pual) to be engraved |
pî·ḵā
your mouth ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6310 |
| BSB/Thayers | peh
1) mouth
1a) mouth (of man)
1b) mouth (as organ of speech)
1c) mouth (of animals)
1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)
1e) extremity, end pim
2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21 |
šə·p̄āṭ-
judge
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8199 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)
1a1a) to rule, govern, judge
1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man)
1a3) to execute judgment
1a3a) discriminating (of man)
1a3b) vindicating
1a3c) condemning and punishing
1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together
1b2) to be judged
1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle) |
ṣe·ḏeq
righteously ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6664 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) justice, rightness, righteousness
1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
1b) righteousness (in government)
1b1) of judges, rulers, kings
1b2) of law
1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah
1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government
1b5) of God's attribute
1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
1d) rightness (in speech)
1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
1f2) in name of Messianic king
1f3) of people enjoying salvation
1f4) of Cyrus |
wə·ḏîn
and defend the cause
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1777 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to judge, contend, plead
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to act as judge, minister judgment
1a2) to plead a cause
1a3) to execute judgment, requite, vindicate
1a4) to govern
1a5) to contend, strive
1b) (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel |
‘ā·nî
of the poor
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6041 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched
1a) poor, needy
1b) poor and weak
1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched
1d) humble, lowly |
wə·’eḇ·yō·wn
and needy .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 34 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person
2) subject to oppression and abuse
3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God
4) general reference to lowest class |
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A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. |
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’ê·šeṯ-
A wife
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 802 |
| Footnote | Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
ḥa·yil
of noble character ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
1a) strength
1b) ability, efficiency
1c) wealth
1d) force, army |
mî
who
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever |
yim·ṣā
can find ?
| 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) |
wə·rā·ḥōq
She is far
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7350 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones
1a) of distance, time
n m
2) distance
2a) from a distance (with prep) |
miḵ·rāh
more precious
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4377 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) merchandise, value, price |
mip·pə·nî·nîm
than rubies .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 6443 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a precious stone
1a) perhaps corals, rubies, jewels |
חַ֭יִלḥa·yil of noble character , |
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The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. |
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lêḇ
The heart
| Grammar | 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 |
ba‘·lāh
of her husband
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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) |
bā·ṭaḥ
trusts
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 982 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to trust
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to trust, trust in
1a2) to have confidence, be confident
1a3) to be bold
1a4) to be secure
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to trust, make secure
2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless |
bāh
in her ,
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
yeḥ·sār
and he lacks
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2637 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lack
1a2) to be lacking
1a3) to diminish, decrease
1b) (Piel) to cause to lack
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking |
lō
nothing
| 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) |
wə·šā·lāl
of value .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7998 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) prey, plunder, spoil, booty
1a) prey
1b) booty, spoil, plunder (of war)
1c) plunder (private)
1d) gain (meaning dubious) |
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She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. |
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gə·mā·laṯ·hū
She brings him
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1580 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to deal fully with, recompense
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to deal out to, do to
1a2) to deal bountifully with
1a3) to recompense, repay, requite
2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned
3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds) |
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 |
wə·lō-
and not
| 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) |
rā‘
harm
| 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) |
kōl
all
| 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 |
yə·mê
the days
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
ḥay·yɛh
of her life .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2416 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) living, alive
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
n m
2) relatives
3) life (abstract emphatic)
3a) life
3b) sustenance, maintenance
n f
4) living thing, animal
4a) animal
4b) life
4c) appetite
4d) revival, renewal
5) community |
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She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. |
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dā·rə·šāh
She selects
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1875 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek
1a2a) of God
1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers
1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship
1a3a) God
1a3b) heathen deities
1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require
1a5) to investigate, enquire
1a6) to ask for, require, demand
1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application
1a8) to seek with care, care for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
1b2) to be sought, be sought out
1b3) to be required (of blood) |
ṣe·mer
wool
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6785 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wool
1a) wool
1b) whiteness (metaph.)
1c) wool (in garments) |
ū·p̄iš·tîm
and flax
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 6593 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) flax, linen
1a) fibre used as material for garments |
wat·ta·‘aś
and works
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine 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 |
bə·ḥê·p̄eṣ
with eager
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2656 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) delight, pleasure
1a) delight
1b) desire, longing
1c) the good pleasure
1d) that in which one takes delight |
kap·pe·hā
hands .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person 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) |
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She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. |
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hā·yə·ṯāh
She is
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
sō·w·ḥêr
like the merchant
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5503 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go about to and fro (in business)
1a2) trader, trafficker (participle)
1b) (Pilpel) to palpitate |
kā·’o·nî·yō·wṯ
ships ,
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 591 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) ship
1a) men of ships, seamen |
tā·ḇî
bringing
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
laḥ·māh
her food
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3899 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bread, food, grain
1a) bread
1a1) bread
1a2) bread-corn
1b) food (in general) |
mim·mer·ḥāq
from afar .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4801 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) distant place, distance, far country |
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She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. |
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wat·tā·qām
She rises
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6965 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to arise
1a2) to arise (hostile sense)
1a3) to arise, become powerful
1a4) to arise, come on the scene
1a5) to stand
1a5a) to maintain oneself
1a5b) to be established, be confirmed
1a5c) to stand, endure
1a5d) to be fixed
1a5e) to be valid
1a5f) to be proven
1a5g) to be fulfilled
1a5h) to persist
1a5i) to be set, be fixed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to fulfil
1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose
1c) (Polel) to raise up
1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to cause to arise, raise
1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build
1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene
1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate
1e5) to raise up, constitute
1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish
1e7) to make binding
1e8) to carry out, give effect to
1f) (Hophal) to be raised up |
bə·‘ō·wḏ
while it is still
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Adverb |
| Strongs | 5750 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) a going round, continuance
adv
2) still, yet, again, besides
2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence)
2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)
2c) again
2d) still, moreover, besides |
lay·lāh
night
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3915 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) night
1a) night (as opposed to day)
1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.) |
wat·tit·tên
to provide
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
ṭe·rep̄
food
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2964 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) prey, food, leaf
1a) prey
1b) food
1c) leaf |
lə·ḇê·ṯāh
for her household
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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 |
wə·ḥōq
and portions
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2706 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God |
lə·na·‘ă·rō·ṯe·hā
for her maidservants .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
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She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. |
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zā·mə·māh
She appraises
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2161 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to have a thought, devise, plan, consider, purpose
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to consider, fix thought upon
1a2) to purpose, devise
1a3) to plot (of evil intent) |
ḏeh
a field
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7704 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) field, land
1a) cultivated field
1b) of home of wild beasts
1c) plain (opposed to mountain)
1d) land (opposed to sea) |
wat·tiq·qā·ḥê·hū
and buys it ;
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | 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) |
mip·pə·rî
from her earnings
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6529 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fruit
1a) fruit, produce (of the ground)
1b) fruit, offspring, children, progeny (of the womb)
1c) fruit (of actions) (fig.) |
ḵap·pe·hā
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person 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) |
nə·ṭaʿ
she plants
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5193 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to plant, fasten, fix, establish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to plant
1a2) to plant, establish (fig.)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be planted
1b2) to be established (fig.) |
kā·rem
a vineyard .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3754 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) vineyard |
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She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong. |
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ḥā·ḡə·rāh
She girds herself
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2296 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to gird
1a2) to gird on, bind on
1a3) to gird oneself |
mā·ṯə·ne·hā
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine dual construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4975 |
| Footnote | Hebrew She girds her loins |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) loins, hips
1a) used with H02223 in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown |
ḇə·‘ō·wz
with strength
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5797 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) might, strength
1a) material or physical
1b) personal or social or political |
zə·rō·‘ō·w·ṯe·hā
and shows that her arms
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2220 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) arm, forearm, shoulder, strength
1a) arm
1b) arm (as symbol of strength)
1c) forces (political and military)
1d) shoulder (of animal sacrificed) |
wat·tə·’am·mêṣ
are strong .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 553 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
1a) (Qal) to be strong, brave, bold
1b) (Piel) to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure
1c) (Hithpael) to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
1d) (Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong |
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She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night. |
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ṭā·‘ă·māh
She sees
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2938 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to taste, perceive, eat
1a) (Qal) to taste |
kî-
that
| 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 |
saḥ·rāh
her gain
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) traffic, gain, profit, gain from merchandise
1a) traffic, gain from traffic |
ṭō·wḇ
[is] 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 |
nê·rāh
and her lamp
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5216 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) lamp |
lō-
is 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) |
yiḵ·beh
extinguished
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3518 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to quench, put out, be put out, be quenched, be extinguished
1a) (Qal) to be quenched, be extinguished
1b) (Piel) to quench, extinguish |
ḇal·la·yil
at night .
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3915 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) night
1a) night (as opposed to day)
1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.) |
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She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. |
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šil·lə·ḥāh
She stretches
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine 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 |
yā·ḏe·hā
out her hands
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person feminine singular |
| 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 |
ḇak·kî·šō·wr
to the distaff
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3601 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) spindle-whorl, distaff |
tā·mə·ḵū
and grasps
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 8551 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grasp, lay hold of, attain
1a2) to hold up, support
1a3) to hold, keep
1a4) to take hold of each other
1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be held |
p̄ā·leḵ
the spindle
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6418 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) whirl of spindle, stick, district
1a) whirl of spindle, stick
1b) district, circuit |
wə·ḵap·pe·hā
with her fingers .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person 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) |
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She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. |
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pā·rə·śāh
She opens
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6566 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spread out, display
1a2) to spread over
1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to spread out
1c1) to scatter |
kap·pāh
her arms
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person 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) |
le·‘ā·nî
to the poor
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6041 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched
1a) poor, needy
1b) poor and weak
1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched
1d) humble, lowly |
šil·lə·ḥāh
and reaches out
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine 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 |
wə·yā·ḏe·hā
her hands
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person feminine singular |
| 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 |
lā·’eḇ·yō·wn
to the needy .
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 34 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person
2) subject to oppression and abuse
3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God
4) general reference to lowest class |
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When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet. |
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miš·šā·leḡ
When it snows ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7950 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) snow |
lō-
she has 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) |
ṯî·rā
fear
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3372 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to fear, revere, be afraid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to fear, be afraid
1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed
1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour |
lə·ḇê·ṯāh
for her household ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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 |
kî
for
| 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 |
ḵāl
[they are] all
| 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 |
bê·ṯāh
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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 |
lā·ḇuš
clothed
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put on clothes, be clothed, wear
1a2) to put on, be clothed with (fig.)
1b) (Pual) to be fully clothed
1c) (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress |
šā·nîm
in scarlet .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8144 |
| Footnote | Or doubly clothed |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) scarlet, crimson
1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson |
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She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple. |
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‘ā·śə·ṯāh-
She makes
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine 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 |
lāh
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
mar·ḇad·dîm
coverings for her bed ;
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4765 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) spread, coverlet |
lə·ḇū·šāh
her clothing
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3830 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) clothing, garment, apparel, raiment |
šêš
is fine linen
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8336 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen
2) alabaster, similar stone, marble |
wə·’ar·gā·mān
and purple .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 713 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) purple, red-purple |
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Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land. |
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ba‘·lāh
Her husband
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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) |
nō·w·ḏā‘
is known
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - 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 |
baš·šə·‘ā·rîm
at the city gate ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8179 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven |
bə·šiḇ·tōw
where he sits
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sit, sit down
1a2) to be set
1a3) to remain, stay
1a4) to dwell, have one's abode
1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
1c) (Piel) to set, place
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to sit
1d2) to cause to abide, set
1d3) to cause to dwell
1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be inhabited
1e2) to make to dwell |
‘im-
among
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
ziq·nê-
the elders
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 2205 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) old
1a) old (of humans)
1b) elder (of those having authority) |
’ā·reṣ
of the land .
| 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
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan |
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She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants. |
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‘ā·śə·ṯāh
She makes
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine 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 |
sā·ḏîn
linen garments
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5466 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) linen wrapper
1a) rectangular piece of fine linen worn as outer, or at night, as a sole garment |
wat·tim·kōr
and sells [them] ;
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sell
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sell
1a2) seller (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be sold
1b2) to sell oneself
1b3) to be given over to death
1c) (Hithpael) to sell oneself |
nā·ṯə·nāh
she delivers
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
wa·ḥă·ḡō·wr
sashes
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2290 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girdle, belt
2) girdle, loin-covering, belt, loin-cloth, armour |
lak·kə·na·‘ă·nî
to the merchants .
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3669 |
| BSB/Thayers | Canaanite = see Cana |zealous|
adj
1) descendant of inhabitant of Canaan
n
2) descendant or inhabitant of Canaan
3) a merchant, trader |
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Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come. |
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‘ōz-
Strength
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5797 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) might, strength
1a) material or physical
1b) personal or social or political |
wə·hā·ḏār
and honor
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1926 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) ornament, splendour, honour
1a) ornament
1b) splendour, majesty
1c) honour, glory |
lə·ḇū·šāh
are her clothing ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3830 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) clothing, garment, apparel, raiment |
wat·tiś·ḥaq
and she can laugh
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7832 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to laugh, play, mock
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to laugh (usually in contempt or derision)
1a2) to sport, play
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make sport
1b2) to jest
1b3) to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing)
1c) (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly |
lə·yō·wm
at the days
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
’a·ḥă·rō·wn
to come .
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 314 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) behind, following, subsequent, western
1a) behind, hindermost, western (of location)
1b) later, subsequent, latter, last (of time) |
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She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. |
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pā·ṯə·ḥāh
She opens
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to open
1a) (Qal) to open
1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to free
1c2) to loosen
1c3) to open, open oneself
1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself
2) to carve, engrave
2a) (Piel) to engrave
2b) (Pual) to be engraved |
pî·hā
her mouth
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6310 |
| BSB/Thayers | peh
1) mouth
1a) mouth (of man)
1b) mouth (as organ of speech)
1c) mouth (of animals)
1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)
1e) extremity, end pim
2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21 |
ḇə·ḥā·ḵə·māh
with wisdom ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | 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) |
ḥe·seḏ
and faithful
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2617 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) goodness, kindness, faithfulness
2) a reproach, shame |
wə·ṯō·w·raṯ-
instruction
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8451 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) law, direction, instruction
1a) instruction, direction (human or divine)
1a1) body of prophetic teaching
1a2) instruction in Messianic age
1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction
1a4) body of legal directives
1b) law
1b1) law of the burnt offering
1b2) of special law, codes of law
1c) custom, manner
1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law |
‘al-
is on
| 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 |
lə·šō·w·nāh
her tongue .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine 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) |
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She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. |
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ṣō·w·p̄î·yāh
She watches over
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6822 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch
1a)(Qal) to keep watch, spy
1b) (Piel) to watch, watch closely |
hă·lî·ḵō·wṯ
the affairs
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1979 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) going, doing, travelling company, way
1a) going, walk, marching, doings
1b) travelling company, caravan |
bê·ṯāh
of her household
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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 |
lō
and does 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) |
ṯō·ḵêl
eat
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to eat (human subject)
1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
1a6) to devour (of oppression)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be eaten (by men)
1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
1c2) to cause to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to feed
1d2) to cause to eat
1e) (Piel)
1e1) consume |
wə·le·ḥem
the bread
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3899 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bread, food, grain
1a) bread
1a1) bread
1a2) bread-corn
1b) food (in general) |
‘aṣ·lūṯ
of idleness .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sluggishness, laziness |
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Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well: |
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ḇā·ne·hā
Her children
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine 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 |
qā·mū
rise up
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 6965 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to arise
1a2) to arise (hostile sense)
1a3) to arise, become powerful
1a4) to arise, come on the scene
1a5) to stand
1a5a) to maintain oneself
1a5b) to be established, be confirmed
1a5c) to stand, endure
1a5d) to be fixed
1a5e) to be valid
1a5f) to be proven
1a5g) to be fulfilled
1a5h) to persist
1a5i) to be set, be fixed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to fulfil
1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose
1c) (Polel) to raise up
1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to cause to arise, raise
1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build
1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene
1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate
1e5) to raise up, constitute
1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish
1e7) to make binding
1e8) to carry out, give effect to
1f) (Hophal) to be raised up |
way·’aš·šə·rū·hā
and call her blessed ;
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 833 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress
1a)(Qal) to go straight on, make progress
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to go straight on, advance
1b2) to lead on (causative)
1b3) to set right, righten
1b4) to pronounce happy, call blessed
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be advanced, be led on
1c2) to be made happy, be blessed |
ba‘·lāh
her husband
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine 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) |
way·ha·lə·lå̄h
praises her as well :
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1984 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)
1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
2) to praise, boast, be boastful
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be boastful
2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to praise
2b2) to boast, make a boast
2c) (Pual)
2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast
2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman |
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“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!” |
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rab·bō·wṯ
“ Many
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7227 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly
n m
2) captain, chief |
bā·nō·wṯ
daughters
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1323 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) daughter
1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
1a1) as polite address
n pr f
1a2) as designation of women of a particular place
2) young women, women
1a3) as personification
1a4) daughter-villages
1a5) description of character |
‘ā·śū
have done
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| 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 |
ḥā·yil
noble things ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
1a) strength
1b) ability, efficiency
1c) wealth
1d) force, army |
wə·’at
but you
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 859 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.) |
‘ā·lîṯ
surpass
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5927 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go up, ascend, climb
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go up, ascend
1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat
1a3) to go up, come up (of animals)
1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)
1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)
1a6) to come up (before God)
1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)
1a8) to excel, be superior to
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away
1b2) to take oneself away
1b3) to be exalted
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up
1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away
1c3) to bring up, draw up, train
1c4) to cause to ascend
1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally)
1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts)
1c7) to exalt
1c8) to cause to ascend, offer
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be carried away, be led up
1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in
1d3) to be offered
1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself |
‘al-
them
| 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 |
kul·lā·nāh
all ! ”
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
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ha·ḥên
Charm
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2580 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) favour, grace, charm
1a) favour, grace, elegance
1b) favour, acceptance |
še·qer
is deceptive
| 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 |
hay·yō·p̄î
and beauty
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3308 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) beauty |
wə·he·ḇel
is fleeting ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1892 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) vapour, breath
1a) breath, vapour
1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly |
’iš·šāh
but a woman
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
yir·’aṯ-
who fears
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3373 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fearing, reverent, afraid |
Yah·weh
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 |
hî
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
ṯiṯ·hal·lāl
is to be praised .
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1984 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)
1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
2) to praise, boast, be boastful
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be boastful
2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to praise
2b2) to boast, make a boast
2c) (Pual)
2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast
2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman |
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Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates. |
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tə·nū-
Give
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
lāh
her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
mip·pə·rî
the fruit
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6529 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fruit
1a) fruit, produce (of the ground)
1b) fruit, offspring, children, progeny (of the womb)
1c) fruit (of actions) (fig.) |
yā·ḏe·hā
of her hands ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person feminine singular |
| 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 |
ma·‘ă·śe·hā
and let her works
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4639 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deed, work
1a) deed, thing done, act
1b) work, labour
1c) business, pursuit
1d) undertaking, enterprise
1e) achievement
1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)
1g) work, thing made
1h) work (of God)
1i) product |
wî·hal·lū·hā
praise her
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1984 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)
1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
2) to praise, boast, be boastful
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be boastful
2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to praise
2b2) to boast, make a boast
2c) (Pual)
2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast
2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman |
ḇaš·šə·‘ā·rîm
at the gates .
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8179 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven |
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