Isaiah 32:7 Go deeper
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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. (KJV)
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וְכֵלַ֖יve.khe.Laiand a scoundrel
Lemma: כִּילַי (ki.lay) · Strong's: H3596
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rogue
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 32:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3596; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 1
כֵּלָ֣יוke.Lavweapons his
Lemma: כְּלִי (ke.li) · Strong's: H3627
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: article/utensil
Used 325 times. Also: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 43:11, Genesis 45:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3627; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 2
רָעִ֑יםra.'Im[are] evil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 3
ה֚וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 4
זִמּ֣וֹתzi.Motevil purposes
Lemma: זִמָּה (zim.mah) · Strong's: H2154
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: wickedness
Used 29 times. Also: Leviticus 18:17, Leviticus 19:29, Leviticus 20:14, Judges 20:6, Job 17:11, Job 31:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2154; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 5
יָעָ֔ץya.'Atzhe plans
Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to advise
Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 6
לְחַבֵּ֤לle.cha.Belto ruin
Lemma: חָבַל (cha.val) · Strong's: H2254B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 12 times. Also: Nehemiah 1:7, Job 17:1, Job 34:31, Proverbs 13:13, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Song of Solomon 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2254B; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 7
בְּאִמְרֵי\־be.'im.rei-with words of
Lemma: אֵמֶר (e.mer) · Strong's: H0561
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:1, Joshua 24:27, Judges 5:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0561; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 8
שֶׁ֔קֶרShe.kerfalsehood
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: deception
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 9
וּבְדַבֵּ֥רu.ve.da.Berand when speaks
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 10
אֶבְי֖וֹן'ev.Yon[the] needy
Lemma: אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) · Strong's: H0034
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: needy
Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:11, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:9, Deuteronomy 15:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0034; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 11
מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.Patjustice
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: justice
Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Isaiah 32:7 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The weapons | → | כְּלִי H3627 article/utensil |
| of the scoundrel | → | כִּילַי H3596 rogue |
| are destructive | → | רַע H7451H bad: evil |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| hatches | → | יָעַץ H3289 to advise |
| plots | → | זִמָּה H2154 wickedness |
| to destroy | → | חָבַל H2254B to destroy |
| the poor | → | עָנָו H6035 poor |
| with lies | → | אֵמֶר H0561 word |
| . . . | → | שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception |
| even when the plea | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| of the needy | → | אֶבְיוֹן H0034 needy |
| is just | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
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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