Proverbs 1:17 Go deeper

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:17 word 1

חִ֭נָּםChi.nomin vain

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 1:17 word 2

מְזֹרָ֣הme.zo.Rah[is] spread out

Lemma: זָרָה (za.rah) · Strong's: H2219

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsfsa)

Meaning: to scatter

Used 39 times. Also: Exodus 32:20, Leviticus 26:33, Numbers 16:37, Ruth 3:2, 1 Kings 14:15, Job 18:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2219; TAHOT Proverbs 1:17 word 3

הָרָ֑שֶׁתha.Ra.shetthe net

Lemma: רֶ֫שֶׁת (re.shet) · Strong's: H7568

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: net

Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 27:4, Exodus 27:5, Exodus 38:4, Job 18:8, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 10:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7568; TAHOT Proverbs 1:17 word 4

בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes of

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye: seeing

Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:17 word 5

כָל\־khol-every

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 Proverbs 1:17 word 6

בַּ֥עַלBa.'alowner of

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167K

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: master: [master of]

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 37:19, Genesis 49:23, Numbers 21:28, Deuteronomy 15:2, 2 Samuel 1:6, Proverbs 18:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167K; TAHOT Proverbs 1:17 word 7

כָּנָֽף\׃ka.Nafa wing

Lemma: כָּנָף (ka.naph) · Strong's: H3671

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wing

Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 7:14, Exodus 19:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Leviticus 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3671; TAHOT Proverbs 1:17 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

How	→	כִּי H3588A for
futile [it is]	→	חִנָּם H2600 for nothing
to spread	→	זָרָה H2219 to scatter
the net	→	רֶ֫שֶׁת H7568 net
where any	→	כֹּל H3605 all
bird	→	בַּעַל H1167K master: [master of]
. . .	→	כָּנָף H3671 wing
can see it	→	עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing

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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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