1 Samuel 2:7 Go deeper

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (KJV)

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יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:7 word 1

מוֹרִ֣ישׁmo.Rish[is] making poor

Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423I

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to possess: poor

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 45:11, Judges 14:15, Proverbs 20:13, Proverbs 23:21, Proverbs 30:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3423I; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:7 word 2

וּמַעֲשִׁ֑ירu.ma.'a.Shirand [is] making rich

Lemma: עָשַׁר (a.shar) · Strong's: H6238

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to enrich

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, 1 Samuel 17:25, Job 15:29, Psalms 49:16, Psalms 65:9, Proverbs 10:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6238; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:7 word 3

מַשְׁפִּ֖ילmash.Pil[he is] bringing low

Lemma: שָׁפֵל (sha.phel) · Strong's: H8213

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to abase

Used 31 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:28, Job 22:29, Job 40:11, Psalms 18:27, Psalms 75:7, Psalms 113:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8213; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:7 word 4

אַף\־'af-also

Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: also

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:7 word 5

מְרוֹמֵֽם\׃me.ro.Mem[is] exalting

Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)

Meaning: to exalt

Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 2:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
sends poverty	→	יָרַשׁ H3423I to possess: poor
and wealth	→	עָשַׁר H6238 to enrich
He humbles	→	שָׁפֵל H8213 to abase
and	→	אַף H0637 also
He exalts	→	רוּם H7311A to exalt

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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