Proverbs 10:18 Go deeper
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He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. (KJV)
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מְכַסֶּ֣הme.kha.Seh[one who] conceals
Lemma: כָּסָה (ka.sah) · Strong's: H3680
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to cover
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 37:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3680; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 1
שִׂ֭נְאָהSin.'ahhatred
Lemma: שִׂנְאָה (sin.ah) · Strong's: H8135
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: hating
Used 17 times. Also: Numbers 35:20, Deuteronomy 1:27, Deuteronomy 9:28, 2 Samuel 13:15, Psalms 25:19, Psalms 109:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8135; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 2
שִׂפְתֵי\־sif.tei-[is] lips of
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: lips
Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 3
שָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehood
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: deception
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 4
וּמוֹצִ֥אu.mo.Tzi'and [one who] spreads
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318O
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to come out: speak
Used 21 times. Also: Numbers 14:36, Numbers 14:37, Numbers 30:2, Numbers 32:24, Judges 11:36, 1 Samuel 2:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318O; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 5
דִ֝בָּ֗הdi.Bahan evil report
Lemma: דִּבָּה (dib.bah) · Strong's: H1681
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: slander
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 37:2, Numbers 13:32, Numbers 14:36, Numbers 14:37, Psalms 31:13, Proverbs 25:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1681; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 6
ה֣וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 7
כְסִֽיל\׃khe.Sil[is] a fool
Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: fool
Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 10:18 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The one who conceals | → | כָּסָה H3680 to cover |
| hatred | → | שִׂנְאָה H8135 hating |
| has lying | → | שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception |
| lips | → | שָׂפָה H8193G lips |
| and whoever spreads | → | יָצָא H3318O to come out: speak |
| slander | → | דִּבָּה H1681 slander |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is a fool | → | כְּסִיל H3684 fool |
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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