Proverbs 11:14 Go deeper
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Where no counsel is , the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. (KJV)
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בְּאֵ֣יןbe.'Einwhen there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 1
תַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹתTach.bu.lot[are] wise directions
Lemma: תַּחְבֻּלָה (tach.bu.lah) · Strong's: H8458
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: counsel
Used 5 times. Also: Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 12:5, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 24:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8458; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 2
יִפָּל\־yi.pol-it falls
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 3
עָ֑ם'Ama people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 4
וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗הu.te.shu.'Ahand victory
Lemma: תְּשׁוּעָה (te.shu.ah) · Strong's: H8668H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: deliverance: victory
Used 12 times. Also: Judges 15:18, 2 Samuel 19:2, 2 Samuel 23:10, 2 Samuel 23:12, 2 Kings 5:1, 2 Kings 13:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8668H; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 5
בְּרֹ֣בbe.Ro[is] in a multitude of
Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: abundance
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 6
יוֹעֵֽץ\׃yo.'Etzcounselor[s]
Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to advise
Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Proverbs 11:14 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For lack | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| of guidance | → | תַּחְבֻּלָה H8458 counsel |
| a nation | → | עַם H5971A people |
| falls | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| but with many | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| counselors | → | יָעַץ H3289 to advise |
| [comes] deliverance | → | תְּשׁוּעָה H8668H deliverance: victory |
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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