Proverbs 11:21 Go deeper
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Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. (KJV)
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יָ֣דyadhand
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hand: to
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 32:13, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 33:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027K; TAHOT Proverbs 11:21 word 1
לְ֭יָדLe.yodto hand
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027V
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hand: certainly
Used 3 times. Also: Proverbs 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027V; TAHOT Proverbs 11:21 word 2
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 11:21 word 3
יִנָּ֣קֶהyi.Na.kehhe will go unpunished
Lemma: נָקָה (na.qah) · Strong's: H5352
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to clear
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:41, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5352; TAHOT Proverbs 11:21 word 4
רָּ֑עRa'an evil [person]
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Proverbs 11:21 word 5
וְזֶ֖רַעve.Ze.ra'and [the] offspring of
Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: seed: children
Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Proverbs 11:21 word 6
צַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
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 11:21 word 7
נִמְלָֽט\׃nim.Lathe will be delivered
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Proverbs 11:21 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Be assured | → | יָד H3027K hand: to |
| . . . | → | יָד H3027K hand: to |
| that the wicked | → | רַע H7451H bad: evil |
| will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| go unpunished | → | נָקָה H5352 to clear |
| but the offspring | → | זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children |
| of the righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| will escape | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
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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