Proverbs 10:7 Go deeper

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. (KJV)

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זֵ֣כֶרZe.kher[the] memory of

Lemma: זֵ֫כֶר (ze.kher) · Strong's: H2143

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: memorial

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 3:15, Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 25:19, Deuteronomy 32:26, Esther 9:28, Job 18:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2143; TAHOT Proverbs 10:7 word 1

צַ֭דִּיקTza.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 10:7 word 2

לִבְרָכָ֑הliv.ra.Khah[is] for a blessing

Lemma: בְּרָכָה (be.ra.khah) · Strong's: H1293

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

Meaning: blessing

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 27:12, Genesis 27:35, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 27:38, Genesis 27:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1293; TAHOT Proverbs 10:7 word 3

וְשֵׁ֖םve.Shemand [the] name of

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Proverbs 10:7 word 4

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 10:7 word 5

יִרְקָֽב\׃yir.Kavit will rot

Lemma: רָקֵב (ra.qav) · Strong's: H7537

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

Meaning: to rot

Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7537; TAHOT Proverbs 10:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

The memory	→	זֵ֫כֶר H2143 memorial
of the righteous	→	צַדִּיק H6662 righteous
is a blessing	→	בְּרָכָה H1293 blessing
but the name	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
of the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
will rot	→	רָקֵב H7537 to rot

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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