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The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. (KJV)
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לֹֽא\־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 10:3 word 1
יַרְעִ֣יבyar.'Ivhe allows to hunger
Lemma: רָעֵב (ra.ev) · Strong's: H7456
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: be hungry
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 41:55, Deuteronomy 8:3, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 50:12, Proverbs 6:30, Proverbs 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7456; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 2
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 3
נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] appetite of
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: appetite
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Exodus 15:9, Numbers 11:6, Deuteronomy 12:20, Deuteronomy 14:26, Deuteronomy 18:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315L; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 4
צַדִּ֑יקtza.Dik[the] righteous
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 5
וְהַוַּ֖תve.ha.Vatand [the] craving of
Lemma: הַוָּה (hav.vah) · Strong's: H1942
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: desire
Used 15 times. Also: Job 6:30, Job 30:13, Psalms 5:9, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 52:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1942; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 6
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 7
יֶהְדֹּֽף\׃yeh.Dofhe rejects
Lemma: הָדַף (ha.daph) · Strong's: H1920
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to thrust
Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 35:20, Numbers 35:22, Deuteronomy 6:19, Deuteronomy 9:4, Joshua 23:5, 2 Kings 4:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1920; TAHOT Proverbs 10:3 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| . . . | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315L soul: appetite |
| does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| let the righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| go hungry | → | רָעֵב H7456 be hungry |
| but He denies | → | הָדַף H1920 to thrust |
| the craving | → | הַוָּה H1942 desire |
| of the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
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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