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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 1
יֹאמְרוּ֮yo.me.Ruthey will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 2
לְכָ֪הle.Khahcome !
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to go: come
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 29:1, Genesis 32:6, Genesis 50:18, Numbers 10:29, Numbers 13:26, Numbers 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 3
אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ'i.Ta.nuwith us
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 4
נֶאֶרְבָ֥הne.'er.Vahlet us lie in wait
Lemma: אָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H0693
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to ambush
Used 41 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:11, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0693; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 5
לְדָ֑םle.Damfor blood
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 6
נִצְפְּנָ֖הnitz.pe.Nahlet us lie hidden
Lemma: צָפַן (tsa.phan) · Strong's: H6845
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to treasure
Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Joshua 2:4, Job 10:13, Job 14:13, Job 15:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6845; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 7
לְנָקִ֣יle.na.Kifor an innocent [one]
Lemma: נָקִי (na.qi) · Strong's: H5355A
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: innocent
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 24:41, Genesis 44:10, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 23:7, Numbers 32:22, Deuteronomy 19:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5355A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:11 word 8
חִנָּֽם\׃chi.Namwithout cause
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 Proverbs 1:11 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| they say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Come | → | הָלַךְ H1980H to go: come |
| along | → | אֵת H0854 with |
| let us lie in wait | → | אָרַב H0693 to ambush |
| for blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| let us ambush | → | צָפַן H6845 to treasure |
| the innocent | → | נָקִי H5355A innocent |
| without cause | → | חִנָּם H2600 for nothing |
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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