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Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; (KJV)
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ה֣וֹיHowoe to!
Lemma: הוֹי (hoy) · Strong's: H1945
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: woe!
Used 51 times. Also: 1 Kings 13:30, Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 1:24, Isaiah 5:8, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1945; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 1
בֹּנֶ֤הbo.Neh[one who] builds
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 2
בֵיתוֹ֙vei.Tohouse his
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 3
בְּֽלֹא\־be.lo'-with 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 Jeremiah 22:13 word 4
צֶ֔דֶקTze.dekrighteousness
Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 5
וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יוva.'a.li.yo.Tavand upper rooms his
Lemma: עֲלִיָּה (a.liy.yah) · Strong's: H5944
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: upper room
Used 20 times. Also: Judges 3:20, Judges 3:23, Judges 3:24, Judges 3:25, 2 Samuel 18:33, 1 Kings 17:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5944; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 6
בְּלֹ֣אbe.Lo'with 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 Jeremiah 22:13 word 7
מִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.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 Jeremiah 22:13 word 8
בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙be.re.'E.huby fellow-citizen his
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 9
יַעֲבֹ֣דya.'a.Vodhe works
Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to serve
Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 10
חִנָּ֔םchi.Namwithout paying
Lemma: חִנָּם (chin.nam) · Strong's: H2600
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: for nothing
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 29:15, Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:11, Numbers 11:5, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2600; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 11
וּפֹעֲל֖וֹu.fo.'a.Loand wage[s] his
Lemma: פֹּ֫עַל (po.al) · Strong's: H6467
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: work
Used 37 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 33:11, Ruth 2:12, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22, Job 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6467; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 12
לֹ֥אlo'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 Jeremiah 22:13 word 13
יִתֶּן\־yi.ten-he gives
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414N
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to give: pay
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 23:13, Genesis 30:28, Exodus 2:9, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414N; TAHOT Jeremiah 22:13 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Woe | → | הוֹי H1945 woe! |
| to him who builds | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| his palace | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| by | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| unrighteousness | → | צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness |
| and his upper rooms | → | עֲלִיָּה H5944 upper room |
| without | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| justice | → | H4639 |
| who makes his countrymen | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| serve | → | עָבַד H5647G to serve |
| without pay | → | חִנָּם H2600 for nothing |
| and fails | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| to pay | → | נָתַן H5414N to give: pay |
| their | → | |
| wages | → | פֹּ֫עַל H6467 work |
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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