Proverbs 1:32 Go deeper
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For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
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 1:32 word 1
מְשׁוּבַ֣תme.shu.Vat[the] waywardness of
Lemma: מְשׁוּבָה (me.shu.vah) · Strong's: H4878
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: faithlessness
Used 11 times. Also: Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Jeremiah 3:12, Jeremiah 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4878; TAHOT Proverbs 1:32 word 2
פְּתָיִ֣םpe.ta.Yimnaive people
Lemma: פֶּ֫תִי (pe.ti) · Strong's: H6612A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: simple
Used 18 times. Also: Psalms 19:7, Psalms 116:6, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6612A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:32 word 3
תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑םta.har.Gemit will ruin them
Lemma: הָרַג (ha.rag) · Strong's: H2026
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to kill
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 12:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2026; TAHOT Proverbs 1:32 word 4
וְשַׁלְוַ֖תve.shal.Vatand [the] ease of
Lemma: שַׁלְוָה (shal.vah) · Strong's: H7962
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: ease
Used 8 times. Also: Psalms 122:7, Proverbs 17:1, Jeremiah 22:21, Ezekiel 16:49, Daniel 8:25, Daniel 11:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7962; TAHOT Proverbs 1:32 word 5
כְּסִילִ֣יםke.si.Limfools
Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: fool
Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 1:32 word 6
תְּאַבְּדֵֽם\׃te.'a.be.Demit will destroy them
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpi3fs)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Proverbs 1:32 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the waywardness | → | מְשׁוּבָה H4878 faithlessness |
| of the simple | → | פֶּ֫תִי H6612A simple |
| will slay them | → | הָרַג H2026 to kill |
| and the complacency | → | שַׁלְוָה H7962 ease |
| of fools | → | כְּסִיל H3684 fool |
| will destroy them | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
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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