Proverbs 10:2 Go deeper

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. (KJV)

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לֹא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 1

י֭וֹעִילוּYo.'i.luthey profit

Lemma: יָעַל (ya.al) · Strong's: H3276

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: to gain

Used 23 times. Also: 1 Samuel 12:21, Job 15:3, Job 21:15, Job 30:13, Job 35:3, Proverbs 11:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3276; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 2

אוֹצְר֣וֹת'otz.Rottreasures of

Lemma: אוֹצָר (o.tsar) · Strong's: H0214

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

Meaning: treasure

Used 79 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:12, Deuteronomy 32:34, Joshua 6:19, Joshua 6:24, 1 Kings 7:51, 1 Kings 14:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0214; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 3

רֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'wickedness

Lemma: רֶ֫שַׁע (re.sah) · Strong's: H7562

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

Meaning: wickedness

Used 30 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:27, 1 Samuel 24:13, Job 34:8, Job 34:10, Job 35:8, Psalms 5:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7562; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 4

וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הu.tze.da.Kahand righteousness

Lemma: צְדָקָה (tse.da.qah) · Strong's: H6666

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

Meaning: righteousness

Used 154 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 6:25, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6666; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 5

תַּצִּ֥ילta.Tzilit delivers

Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)

Meaning: to rescue

Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 6

מִמָּֽוֶת\׃mi.Ma.vetfrom death

Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194

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

Meaning: death

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Proverbs 10:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Ill-gotten	→	רֶ֫שַׁע H7562 wickedness
treasures	→	אוֹצָר H0214 treasure
profit	→	יָעַל H3276 to gain
nothing	→	לֹא H3808 not
but righteousness	→	צְדָקָה H6666 righteousness
brings deliverance	→	נָצַל H5337 to rescue
from death	→	מָ֫וֶת H4194 death

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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