Proverbs 1:19 Go deeper

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כֵּ֗ןKen[are] thus

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 1

אָ֭רְחוֹת'A.re.chot[the] paths of

Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: way

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 2

כָּל\־kol-every

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

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 1:19 word 3

בֹּ֣צֵֽעַBo.tze.a'[one who] gains unjustly

Lemma: בָּצַע (ba.tsa) · Strong's: H1214I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to cut off: to gain

Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 10:3, Proverbs 15:27, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 8:10, Lamentations 2:17, Ezekiel 22:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1214I; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 4

בָּ֑צַעBa.tza'unjust gain

Lemma: בֶּ֫צַע (be.tsa) · Strong's: H1215

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

Meaning: unjust-gain

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 37:26, Exodus 18:21, Judges 5:19, 1 Samuel 8:3, Job 22:3, Psalms 30:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1215; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 5

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 6

נֶ֖פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] life of

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: life

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 7

בְּעָלָ֣יוbe.'a.Lavowners its

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: master

Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:34, Exodus 21:36, Exodus 22:8, Exodus 22:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167G; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 8

יִקָּֽח\׃\ \פyi.Kachit will take

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Proverbs 1:19 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Such [is]	→	כֵּן H3651C so
the fate	→	אֹ֫רַח H0734 way
of all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
who are greedy	→	בָּצַע H1214I to cut off: to gain
whose unjust gain	→	בֶּ֫צַע H1215 unjust-gain
takes	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
the lives	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life
of its possessors	→	בַּעַל H1167G master

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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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