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Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? |
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hă·lō-
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) |
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) |
ṯiq·rā
call out ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen |
ū·ṯə·ḇū·nāh
and understanding
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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) |
tit·tên
raise
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - 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 |
qō·w·lāh
her voice ?
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6963 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) voice, sound, noise
1a) voice
1b) sound (of instrument)
2) lightness, frivolity |
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On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. |
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bə·rōš-
On the heights
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
mə·rō·w·mîm
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) height
1a) height, elevation, elevated place
1a1) in a high place (adv)
1b) height
1c) proudly (adv)
1d) of nobles (fig.) |
‘ă·lê-
overlooking
| 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 |
ḏā·reḵ
the road ,
| Grammar | Noun - common 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.) |
bêṯ
at the crossroads
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| 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 |
nə·ṯî·ḇō·wṯ
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 5410 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway
2) path, pathway, traveller |
niṣ·ṣā·ḇāh
she takes her stand .
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5324 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to station oneself, take one's stand
1a2) to stand, be stationed
1a3) to stand, take an upright position
1a4) to be stationed, be appointed
1a5) deputy, prefect, appointed, deputed (subst)
1a6) to stand firm
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to station, set
1b2) to set up, erect
1b3) to cause to stand erect
1b4) to fix, establish
1c) (Hophal) to be fixed, be determined, be stationary |
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Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: |
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lə·yaḏ-
Beside
| Grammar | Preposition-l | 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 |
šə·‘ā·rîm
the gates
| Grammar | 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 |
lə·p̄î-
to
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| 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 |
qā·reṯ
the city ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7176 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city, town |
mə·ḇō·w
at the entrances
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3996 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) entrance, a coming in, entering
2) sunset
2a) sunset
2b) sunset, west |
p̄ə·ṯā·ḥîm
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6607 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) opening, doorway, entrance |
tā·rōn·nāh
she cries out :
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7442 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to overcome
1a) (Hithpolel) to be overcome
2) to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exaltation, distress)
2a2) to cry aloud (in summons, exhortation of wisdom)
2b) (Piel) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exultation, praise
2c) (Pual) ringing cry, singing out (passive)
2d) (Hiphil) to cause to ring or sing out (for joy)
2e) (Hithpolel) rejoicing (participle) |
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“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. |
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’ă·lê·ḵem
“ To you ,
| Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine plural |
| 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) |
’î·šîm
O men ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| 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) |
’eq·rā
I call out ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen |
wə·qō·w·lî
and my cry
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6963 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) voice, sound, noise
1a) voice
1b) sound (of instrument)
2) lightness, frivolity |
’el-
is to
| 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) |
bə·nê
the sons
| 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 |
’ā·ḏām
of men .
| 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 |
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O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding. |
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p̄ə·ṯā·yim
O simple ones ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6612 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) simplicity, naivete
adj
2) simple, foolish, open-minded |
hā·ḇî·nū
learn
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural |
| 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 |
‘ā·rə·māh
to be shrewd ;
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6195 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) shrewdness, craftiness, prudence |
ū·ḵə·sî·lîm
O fools ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3684 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one |
hā·ḇî·nū
gain understanding
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural |
| 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 |
lêḇ
. . . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3820 |
| Footnote | Or instruct your minds |
| 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 |
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Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right. |
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mə·‘ū
Listen ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
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 |
’ă·ḏab·bêr
I speak
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1696 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing
1a) (Qal) to speak
1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to speak
1c2) to promise
1d) (Pual) to be spoken
1e) (Hithpael) to speak
1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight |
nə·ḡî·ḏîm
of noble things ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5057 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) leader, ruler, captain, prince
1a) ruler, prince
1b) prince-overseer
1c) ruler (in other capacities)
1d) princely things |
ū·mip̄·taḥ
and the opening
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4669 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) opening, utterance |
p̄ā·ṯay
of my lips
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | first person common 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) |
mê·šā·rîm
[will reveal] right .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4339 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity
1a) evenness, level, smoothness
1b) uprightness, equity
1c) rightly (as adv) |
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For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. |
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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 |
ḥik·kî
my mouth
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2441 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mouth, palate, taste, gums |
yeh·geh
will speak
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1897 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to roar, growl, groan
1a2) to utter, speak
1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine
1b) (Poal) to utter
1c) (Hiphil) to mutter |
’ĕ·meṯ
the truth ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 571 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
1a) sureness, reliability
1b) stability, continuance
1c) faithfulness, reliableness
1d) truth
1d1) as spoken
1d2) of testimony and judgment
1d3) of divine instruction
1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
1d5) true doctrine
adv
2) in truth, truly |
re·ša‘
and wickedness
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7562 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wrong, wickedness, guilt
1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law)
1b) wickedness (of enemies)
1c) wickedness (in ethical relations) |
wə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ
is detestable
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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) |
śə·p̄ā·ṯay
to my lips .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct | first person common 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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All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse. |
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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 |
’im·rê-
the words
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 561 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command |
p̄î
of my mouth
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common 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 |
bə·ṣe·ḏeq
are righteous ;
| Grammar | Preposition-b | 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 |
’ên
none
| 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 |
bā·hem
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine plural |
nip̄·tāl
are crooked
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6617 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to twist
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be twisted
1a2) to wrestle
1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted |
wə·‘iq·qêš
or perverse .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6141 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) twisted, distorted, crooked, perverse, perverted |
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They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge. |
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kul·lām
They [are]
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
nə·ḵō·ḥîm
all plain
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5228 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) straight, right, straightness, be in front of |
lam·mê·ḇîn
to the discerning ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | 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 |
wî·šā·rîm
and upright
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3477 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) straight, upright, correct, right
1a) straight, level
1b) right, pleasing, correct
1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
1d) uprightness, righteous, upright
1e) that which is upright (subst) |
lə·mō·ṣə·’ê
to those who find
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct |
| 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) |
ḏā·‘aṯ
knowledge .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
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qə·ḥū-
Receive
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| 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) |
mū·sā·rî
my instruction
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4148 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) discipline, chastening, correction
1a) discipline, correction
1b) chastening |
wə·’al-
instead of
| 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) |
kā·sep̄
silver ,
| Grammar | 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·ḏa·‘aṯ
and knowledge
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
niḇ·ḥār
rather than pure
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 977 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to choose, elect, decide for
1a) (Qal) to choose
1b) (Niphal) to be chosen
1c) (Pual) to be chosen, selected |
mê·ḥā·rūṣ
gold .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2742 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent
n m
2) strict decision, decision
3) trench, moat, ditch
4) gold (poetical) |
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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 |
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) |
ṭō·w·ḇāh
is more precious
| Grammar | Adjective - 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 |
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 |
wə·ḵāl
and nothing
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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 |
lō
. . .
| 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) |
ḥă·p̄ā·ṣîm
you desire
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2656 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) delight, pleasure
1a) delight
1b) desire, longing
1c) the good pleasure
1d) that in which one takes delight |
yiš·wū-
compares
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7737 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be like
1a2) equivalent (participle)
1a3) to set, place
1a4) setting (participle)
1b) (Piel) to level, smooth, still
1c) (Hiphil) to make like
1d) (Nithpael) to be alike
2) (Piel) to set, place |
ḇāh
with her .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
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’ănî-
I ,
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
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) |
šā·ḵan·tî
dwell together
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7931 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to settle down to abide
1a2) to abide, dwell, reside
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make settle down, establish
1b2) to make or cause to dwell
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix
1c2) to cause to dwell or abide |
‘ā·rə·māh
with prudence ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6195 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) shrewdness, craftiness, prudence |
’em·ṣā
and I find
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common 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·ḏa·‘aṯ
knowledge
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1847 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill
1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom |
mə·zim·mō·wṯ
and discretion .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 4209 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) purpose, discretion, device, plot
1a) purpose
1b) discretion
1c) devices (evil) |
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yir·’aṯ
To fear
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3374 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fear, terror, fearing
1a) fear, terror
1b) awesome or terrifying thing (object causing fear)
1c) fear (of God), respect, reverence, piety
1d) revered |
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 |
śə·nōṯ
is to hate
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8130 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hate, be hateful
1a) (Qal) to hate
1a1) of man
1a2) of God
1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be hated
1c) (Piel) hater (participle)
1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom |
rā‘
evil ;
| 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) |
śā·nê·ṯî
I hate
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8130 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hate, be hateful
1a) (Qal) to hate
1a1) of man
1a2) of God
1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be hated
1c) (Piel) hater (participle)
1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom |
wə·ḡā·’ō·wn
arrogant
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1347 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) exaltation, majesty, pride
1a) majesty, exaltation, excellence
1a1) of nations
1a2) of God
1a3) of the Jordan
1b) pride, arrogance (bad sense) |
gê·’āh
pride ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1344 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pride |
rā‘
evil
| 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) |
wə·ḏe·reḵ
conduct ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - common 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.) |
ṯah·pu·ḵō·wṯ
and perverse
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 8419 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) perversity, perverse thing |
ū·p̄î
speech .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| 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 |
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Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength. |
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‘ê·ṣāh
Counsel
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6098 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) counsel, advice, purpose |
wə·ṯū·šî·yāh
and sound judgment
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8454 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wisdom, sound knowledge, success, sound or efficient wisdom, abiding success
1a) sound or efficient wisdom
1b) abiding success (of the effect of sound wisdom) |
lî-
are mine ;
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
’ă·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
ḇî·nāh
have insight
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 998 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) understanding, discernment
1a) act
1b) faculty
1c) object
1d) personified |
lî
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
ḡə·ḇū·rāh
and strength .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strength, might
1a) strength
1b) might, valour, bravery
1c) might, mighty deeds (of God) |
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By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws; |
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bî
By me
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
mə·lā·ḵîm
kings
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
yim·lō·ḵū
reign ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be or become king or queen, reign
1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen
2) to counsel, advise
2a) (Niphal) to consider |
wə·rō·wz·nîm
and rulers
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7336 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Qal) to be weighty, be judicious, be commanding |
ṣe·ḏeq
enact just
| 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 |
yə·ḥō·qə·qū
laws ;
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| 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 |
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By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly. |
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bî
By me
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
śā·rîm
princes
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8269 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
1a) chieftain, leader
1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)
1c) captain, general, commander (military)
1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
1e) heads, princes (of religious office)
1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)
1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
1h) patron-angel
1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)
1j) warden |
yā·śō·rū
rule ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8323 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be or act as prince, rule, contend, have power, prevail over, reign, govern
1a) (Qal) to rule over, govern
1b) (Hithpael) to lord it over |
kāl-
and 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 |
ū·nə·ḏî·ḇîm
nobles
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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 |
šō·p̄ə·ṭê
who govern
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct |
| 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
justly .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6664 |
| Footnote | Some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX who govern the earth |
| 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 |
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’ă·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
ʾō·hă·ḇɛ·hå̄
love
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common 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 |
’ê·hāḇ
those who love me ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common 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 |
ū·mə·ša·ḥă·ray
and those who seek me early
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 7836 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for
1a) (Qal) to look for diligently, seek
1b) (Piel) to seek, seek early |
yim·ṣā·’un·nî
shall find me .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun |
| 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) |
אֵהָ֑ב’ê·hāḇ those who love me , |
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With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness. |
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’it·tî
With me
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| 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) |
‘ō·šer-
are riches
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6239 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wealth, riches |
wə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ
and honor ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3519 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance
1a) abundance, riches
1b) honour, splendour, glory
1c) honour, dignity
1d) honour, reputation
1e) honour, reverence, glory
1f) glory |
‘ā·ṯêq
enduring
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6276 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) handed forward, advanced, enduring, durable, valuable, eminent, surpassing |
hō·wn
wealth
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1952 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) wealth, riches, substance
1a) wealth
1b) price, high value
interj
2) enough!, sufficiency |
ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh
and righteousness .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6666 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) justice, righteousness
1a) righteousness (in government)
1a1) of judge, ruler, king
1a2) of law
1a3) of Davidic king Messiah
1b) righteousness (of God's attribute)
1c) righteousness (in a case or cause)
1d) righteousness, truthfulness
1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation
1f1) of God
1f2) prosperity (of people)
1g) righteous acts |
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My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver. |
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pir·yî
My fruit
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| 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.) |
ṭō·wḇ
is 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 |
mê·ḥā·rūṣ
than gold ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2742 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent
n m
2) strict decision, decision
3) trench, moat, ditch
4) gold (poetical) |
ū·mip·pāz
pure gold ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6337 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) refined or pure gold |
ū·ṯə·ḇū·’ā·ṯî
and my harvest
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8393 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) produce, product, revenue
1a) product, yield, crops (of the earth usually)
1b) income, revenue
1c) gain (of wisdom) (fig)
1d) product of lips (fig) |
niḇ·ḥār
[surpasses] choice
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 977 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to choose, elect, decide for
1a) (Qal) to choose
1b) (Niphal) to be chosen
1c) (Pual) to be chosen, selected |
mik·ke·sep̄
silver .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | 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 |
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I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, |
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ʾă·hal·lēḵ
I walk
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
bə·’ō·raḥ-
in the way
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - common singular 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) |
ṣə·ḏā·qāh
of righteousness ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6666 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) justice, righteousness
1a) righteousness (in government)
1a1) of judge, ruler, king
1a2) of law
1a3) of Davidic king Messiah
1b) righteousness (of God's attribute)
1c) righteousness (in a case or cause)
1d) righteousness, truthfulness
1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation
1f1) of God
1f2) prosperity (of people)
1g) righteous acts |
bə·ṯō·wḵ
along
| Grammar | 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) |
nə·ṯî·ḇō·wṯ
the paths
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 5410 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway
2) path, pathway, traveller |
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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bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. |
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lə·han·ḥîl
bestowing
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5157 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take possession, inherit
1a2) to have or get as a possession or property (fig.)
1a3) to divide the land for a possession
1a4) to acquire (testimonies) (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to divide for a possession
1c) (Hithpael) to possess oneself of
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to give as a possession
1d2) to cause to inherit, give as an inheritance
1e) (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess |
yêš
wealth
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3426 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are
1a) substance
1b) existence
1c) there is or are |
’ō·hă·ḇay
on those who love me
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common 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 |
’ă·mal·lê
and making
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4390 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to fill, be full
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be full
1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle)
1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended
1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied
1b2) to be accomplished, be ended
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to fill
1c2) to satisfy
1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete
1c4) to confirm
1d) (Pual) to be filled
1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against |
wə·’ō·ṣə·rō·ṯê·hem
their treasuries {full} .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 214 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) treasure, storehouse
1a) treasure (gold, silver, etc)
1b) store, supplies of food or drink
1c) treasure-house, treasury
1c1) treasure-house
1c2) storehouse, magazine
1c3) treasury
1c4) magazine of weapons (fig. of God's armoury)
1c5) storehouses (of God for rain, snow, hail, wind, sea) |
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The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. |
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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 |
qā·nā·nî
created me
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular |
| 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 |
rê·šîṯ
as His first
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7225 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) first, beginning, best, chief
1a) beginning
1b) first
1c) chief
1d) choice part |
dar·kōw
course ,
| Grammar | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1870 |
| Footnote | Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way |
| 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.) |
qe·ḏem
before
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6924 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime
1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East
1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time
1c) anciently, of old (adverb)
1d) beginning
1e) east
adv
2) eastward, to or toward the East |
mip̄·‘ā·lāw
His works
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4659 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) work, thing made |
mê·’āz
of old .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Adverb |
| Strongs | 227 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) then, at that time
1a) temporal expressions
1a1) then (past)
1a2) then, if...then (future)
1a3) earlier
1b) logical expressions
1b1) in that case
1b2) that (being so) |
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From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. |
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mê·‘ō·w·lām
From everlasting
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5769 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1a) ancient time, long time (of past)
1b) (of future)
1b1) for ever, always
1b2) continuous existence, perpetual
1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity |
nis·saḵ·tî
I was established ,
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 5258 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to pour out, pour, offer, cast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pour out
1a2) to cast metal images
1a3) to anoint (a king)
1b) (Niphal) to be anointed
1c) (Piel) to pour out (as a libation)
1d) (Hiphil) to pour out libations
1e) (Hophal) to be poured out
2) to set, install
2a) (Qal) to install
2b) (Niphal) to be installed |
mê·rōš
from the beginning ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
’ā·reṣ
before 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
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan |
miq·qaḏ·mê-
began .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 6924 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime
1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East
1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time
1c) anciently, of old (adverb)
1d) beginning
1e) east
adv
2) eastward, to or toward the East |
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When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. |
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bə·’ên-
When there were no
| Grammar | Preposition-b | 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 |
tə·hō·mō·wṯ
watery depths ,
| Grammar | Noun - common plural |
| Strongs | 8415 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
1a) deep (of subterranean waters)
1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
1c) primeval ocean, deep
1d) deep, depth (of river)
1e) abyss, the grave |
ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî
I was brought forth ,
| Grammar | Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2342 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dance
1a2) to twist, writhe
1a3) to whirl, whirl about
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to dance
1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth
1b3) to wait anxiously
1c) (Pulal)
1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear
1c2) to be brought forth
1d) (Hophal) to be born
1e) (Hithpolel)
1e1) whirling (participle)
1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle)
1e3) to wait longingly
1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed |
bə·’ên
when no
| Grammar | Preposition-b | 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 |
ma‘·yā·nō·wṯ
springs
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4599 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) spring |
niḵ·bad·dê-
were overflowing
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3513 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be heavy
1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull
1a3) to be honoured
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant
1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible
1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify
1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to make heavy
1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive
1e3) to cause to be honoured
1f) (Hithpael)
1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous
1f2) to honour oneself |
mā·yim
with water .
| 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.) |
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Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, |
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bə·ṭe·rem
Before
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Adverb |
| Strongs | 2962 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) before, not yet, before that |
hā·rîm
the mountains
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2022 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount |
hā·ṭə·bā·‘ū
were settled ,
| Grammar | Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 2883 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted
1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down
1b)(Pual) to be sunk
1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink |
lip̄·nê
before
| 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 |
ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ
the hills ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1389 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hill
1a) hill (lower than a mountain)
1b) as a place of illicit worship
1c) poetic for mountain
1d) used in place names |
ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî
I was brought forth ,
| Grammar | Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2342 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dance
1a2) to twist, writhe
1a3) to whirl, whirl about
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to dance
1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth
1b3) to wait anxiously
1c) (Pulal)
1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear
1c2) to be brought forth
1d) (Hophal) to be born
1e) (Hithpolel)
1e1) whirling (participle)
1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle)
1e3) to wait longingly
1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed |
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‘aḏ-
before
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5704 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as
1a) of space
1a1) as far as, up to, even to
1b) in combination
1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from)
1c) of time
1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end
1d) of degree
1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like
conj
2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
lō
. . .
| 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) |
‘ā·śāh
He made
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - 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 |
’e·reṣ
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 |
wə·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ
or fields ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2351 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) outside, outward, street, the outside |
wə·rōš
or any
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
ʿå̄·p̄ə·rōṯ
of the dust
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 6083 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish
1a) dry or loose earth
1b) debris
1c) mortar
1d) ore |
tê·ḇêl
of the earth .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) world |
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’ā·nî
I
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common singular |
| Strongs | 589 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) |
šām
was there
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 8033 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) there, thither
1a) there
1b) thither (after verbs of motion)
1c) from there, thence
1d) then (as an adverb of time) |
ba·hă·ḵî·nōw
when He established
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be firm, be stable, be established
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed
1a1a) to be firmly established
1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring
1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined
1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense)
1a3) to prepare, be ready
1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm
1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish
1b3) to direct toward (moral sense)
1b4) to arrange, order
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be established, be fastened
1c2) to be prepared, be ready
1d) (Polel)
1d1) to set up, establish
1d2) to constitute, make
1d3) to fix
1d4) to direct
1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared
1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored |
ma·yim
the heavens ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8064 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible heavens, sky
1a1) as abode of the stars
1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
1b) Heaven (as the abode of God) |
bə·ḥū·qōw
when He inscribed
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person 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 |
ḥūḡ
a circle
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2329 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) circle, circuit, compass
2) (BDB) vault (of the heavens) |
‘al-
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 |
pə·nê
the face
| 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 |
ṯə·hō·wm
of the deep ,
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8415 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
1a) deep (of subterranean waters)
1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
1c) primeval ocean, deep
1d) deep, depth (of river)
1e) abyss, the grave |
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bə·’am·mə·ṣōw
when He established
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine 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 |
šə·ḥā·qîm
the clouds
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) dust, cloud
1a) fine dust
1b) (thin) cloud |
mim·mā·‘al
above ,
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Adverb |
| Strongs | 4605 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) higher part, upper part
adv
1a) above
prep
1b) on the top of, above, on higher ground than
with locative
1c) upwards, higher, above |
‘î·nō·wṯ
when the fountains
| Grammar | Noun - common plural construct |
| 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 |
tə·hōm
of the deep
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 8415 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
1a) deep (of subterranean waters)
1b) deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
1c) primeval ocean, deep
1d) deep, depth (of river)
1e) abyss, the grave |
ba·‘ă·zō·wz
gushed forth ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5810 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be strong
1a) (Qal) to be strong, prevail
1b) (Hiphil) to make firm, strengthen |
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bə·śū·mōw
when He set
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7760 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
1a2) to set, direct, direct toward
1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig)
1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
1c) (Hophal) to be set |
ḥuq·qōw
a boundary
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person 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 |
lay·yām
for the sea ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3220 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward |
ū·ma·yim
so that the waters
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | 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.) |
lō
would 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) |
ya·‘aḇ·rū-
surpass
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5674 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over
1a2) to pass beyond
1a3) to pass through, traverse
1a3a) passers-through (participle)
1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant)
1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by
1a4a) passer-by (participle)
1a4b) to be past, be over
1a5) to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance
1a6) to pass away
1a6a) to emigrate, leave (one's territory)
1a6b) to vanish
1a6c) to perish, cease to exist
1a6d) to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree)
1a6e) to be alienated, pass into other hands
1b) (Niphal) to be crossed
1c) (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote
1d2) to cause to pass through
1d3) to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by
1d4) to cause to pass away, cause to take away
1e) (Hithpael) to pass over |
p̄îw
His command ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third 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 |
bə·ḥū·qōw
when He marked out
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person 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 |
mō·ws·ḏê
the foundations
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 4144 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) foundation |
’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
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan |
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wā·’eh·yeh
Then I was
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common 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 |
’ā·mō·wn
a skilled craftsman
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 525 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) artificer, architect, master workman, skilled workman |
’eṣ·lōw
at His side ,
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 681 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity
subst
2) (BDB)
2a) conjunction, proximity
2b) beside, in proximity, contiguous to, from beside |
wā·’eh·yeh
and
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common 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 |
‘ă·šu·‘îm
His delight
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8191 |
| Footnote | Or filled with His delight |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) delight, enjoyment
1a) delight
1b) object of delight |
yō·wm
day
| Grammar | 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 |
yō·wm
[by] day ,
| Grammar | 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 |
mə·śa·ḥe·qeṯ
rejoicing
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - 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 |
bə·ḵāl
always
| 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
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - common singular |
| Strongs | 6256 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) time
1a) time (of an event)
1b) time (usual)
1c) experiences, fortunes
1d) occurrence, occasion |
lə·p̄ā·nāw
in His presence .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| 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 |
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mə·śa·ḥe·qeṯ
I was rejoicing
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - 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 |
bə·ṯê·ḇêl
in His whole world
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) world |
’ar·ṣōw
. . . ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine 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 |
wə·ša·‘ă·šu·‘ay
delighting
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8191 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) delight, enjoyment
1a) delight
1b) object of delight |
’eṯ-
together
| 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) |
bə·nê
in the sons
| 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 |
’ā·ḏām
of men .
| 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 |
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Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. |
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wə·‘at·tāh
Now therefore ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 6258 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now
1a) now
1b) in phrases |
ḇā·nîm
my sons ,
| 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 |
šim·‘ū-
listen
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
lî
to me ,
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
wə·’aš·rê
for blessed
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interjection |
| Strongs | 835 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) happiness, blessedness
1a) often used as interjection
1b) blessed are |
yiš·mō·rū
are those who keep
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
də·rā·ḵay
my ways .
| Grammar | Noun - common plural construct | first person common 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.) |
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Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. |
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šim·‘ū
Listen
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
mū·sār
to instruction
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4148 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) discipline, chastening, correction
1a) discipline, correction
1b) chastening |
wa·ḥă·ḵā·mū
and be wise ;
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2449 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be wise
1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
1c) (Pual) to be made wise
1d) (Hiphil) to make wise
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom |
wə·’al-
do not
| 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) |
tip̄·rā·‘ū
ignore it .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6544 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lead, act as leader
2) to let go, let loose, ignore, let alone
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to let go, let loose
2a2) to let alone, avoid, neglect
2a3) to loosen
2b) (Niphal) to be let loose, be loosened of restraint
2c) (Hiphil)
2c1) to cause to refrain
2c2) to show lack of restraint
2c3) to let loose restraints |
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Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway. |
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’aš·rê
Blessed
| Grammar | Interjection |
| Strongs | 835 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) happiness, blessedness
1a) often used as interjection
1b) blessed are |
’ā·ḏām
is the 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 |
šō·mê·a‘
who listens
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
lî
to me ,
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
liš·qōḏ
watching
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to wake, watch, awake, be alert
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep watch of, be wakeful over
1a2) to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer) |
yō·wm
daily
| Grammar | 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 |
yō·wm
. . .
| Grammar | 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 |
‘al-
at
| 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 |
dal·ṯō·ṯay
my doors ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 1817 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) door, gate
1a) a door
1b) a gate
1c) (fig.)
1c1) of chest lid
1c2) of crocodile jaws
1c3) of doors of the heavens
1c4) of an easily-accessible woman |
liš·mōr
waiting
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
mə·zū·zōṯ
at the posts
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 4201 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) doorpost, gatepost |
pə·ṯā·ḥāy
of my doorway .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6607 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) opening, doorway, entrance |
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For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. |
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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 |
mō·ṣə·’î
whoever finds me
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common 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) |
mō·ṣə·ʾē
finds
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - 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) |
ḥay·yîm
life
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| 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 |
way·yā·p̄eq
and obtains
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6329 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to bring out, furnish, promote, go out, issue
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to produce, furnish
1a2) to bring out, elicit, obtain, cause to come out from
1a3) to promote
1a4) to cause to go out to |
rā·ṣō·wn
the favor
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7522 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will
1a) goodwill, favour
1b) acceptance
1c) will, desire, pleasure, self-will |
Yah·weh
of the LORD .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | 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 |
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But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.” |
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wə·ḥō·ṭə·’î
But he who fails to find me
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 2398 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to miss
1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bear loss
1b2) to make a sin-offering
1b3) to purify from sin
1b4) to purify from uncleanness
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to miss the mark
1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness |
ḥō·mês
harms
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2554 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly
1a) (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong
1a1) of physical wrong
1a2) of ethical wrong
1a3) of physical and ethical wrong
1b) (Niphal) to be treated violently |
nap̄·šōw
himself ;
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine 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 |
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 |
mə·śan·’ay
who hate me
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 8130 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hate, be hateful
1a) (Qal) to hate
1a1) of man
1a2) of God
1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be hated
1c) (Piel) hater (participle)
1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom |
’ā·hă·ḇū
love
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| 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 |
mā·weṯ
death . ”
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4194 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead
1a) death
1b) death by violence (as a penalty)
1c) state of death, place of death |
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