Proverbs 1:12 Go deeper

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

נִ֭בְלָעֵםNiv.la.'emlet us engulf them

Lemma: בָּלַע (ba.la) · Strong's: H1104

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to swallow up

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:24, Exodus 7:12, Exodus 15:12, Numbers 4:20, Numbers 16:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1104; TAHOT Proverbs 1:12 word 1

כִּשְׁא֣וֹלkish.'ollike Sheol

Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hell: Sheol

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Proverbs 1:12 word 2

חַיִּ֑יםchai.Yimalive

Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: alive

Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:12 word 3

וּ֝תְמִימִ֗יםu.te.mi.Mimand complete

Lemma: תָּמִים (ta.mim) · Strong's: H8549I

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

Meaning: unblemished: complete

Used 6 times. Also: Leviticus 3:9, Leviticus 23:15, Leviticus 25:30, Joshua 10:13, Ezekiel 15:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8549I; TAHOT Proverbs 1:12 word 4

כְּי֣וֹרְדֵיke.Yor.deilike [those who] go down of

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Proverbs 1:12 word 5

בֽוֹר\׃Vor[the] pit

Lemma: בּוֹר (bor) · Strong's: H0953A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: pit

Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 40:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0953A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:12 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

let us swallow them	→	בָּלַע H1104 to swallow up
alive	→	חַי H2416A alive
like Sheol	→	שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol
and whole	→	תָּמִים H8549I unblemished: complete
like those descending	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
into the Pit	→	בּוֹר H0953A pit

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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