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Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. (KJV)
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לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 1
תִדְרֹ֥שׁtid.Roshyou will seek
Lemma: דָּרַשׁ (da.rash) · Strong's: H1875
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to seek
Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 18:15, Leviticus 10:16, Deuteronomy 4:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1875; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 2
שְׁלֹמָ֖םshe.lo.Mampeace their
Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: peace
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:21, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 41:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7965G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 3
וְטֹבָתָ֑םve.toa.Tamand good their
Lemma: טוֹבָה (to.vah) · Strong's: H2896C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: welfare
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 44:4, Genesis 50:20, Exodus 18:9, Numbers 24:13, Deuteronomy 28:11, Deuteronomy 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896C; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 4
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 5
יָמֶ֖יךָya.Mei.khadays your
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 6
לְעוֹלָֽם\׃\ \סle.'o.Lamfor ever
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 23:6 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You are not to | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| seek | → | דָּרַשׁ H1875 to seek |
| peace | → | שָׁלוֹם H7965G peace |
| or prosperity from them | → | טוֹבָה H2896C welfare |
| as long as you live | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| . . . | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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