Proverbs 11:25 Go deeper

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (KJV)

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נֶֽפֶשׁ\־ne.fesh-a person of

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: myself

Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Proverbs 11:25 word 1

בְּרָכָ֥הbe.ra.Khahblessing

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 11:25 word 2

תְדֻשָּׁ֑ןte.du.Shanhe will be made fat

Lemma: דָּשֵׁן (da.shen) · Strong's: H1878

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVPi3fs)

Meaning: to prosper

Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 27:3, Numbers 4:13, Deuteronomy 31:20, Psalms 20:3, Psalms 23:5, Proverbs 13:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1878; TAHOT Proverbs 11:25 word 3

וּ֝מַרְוֶ֗הu.mar.Vehand [one who] gives water

Lemma: רָוָה (ra.vah) · Strong's: H7301

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to quench

Used 14 times. Also: Psalms 36:8, Psalms 65:10, Proverbs 5:19, Proverbs 7:18, Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 34:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7301; TAHOT Proverbs 11:25 word 4

גַּם\־gam-also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Proverbs 11:25 word 5

ה֥וּאhu'he

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 11:25 word 6

יוֹרֶֽא\׃yo.Re'he will be given water

Lemma: יָרָא (ya.ra) · Strong's: H3384A

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)

Meaning: to shoot

Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 15:4, Exodus 19:13, Numbers 21:30, Joshua 18:6, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3384A; TAHOT Proverbs 11:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A generous	→	בְּרָכָה H1293 blessing
soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself
will prosper	→	דָּשֵׁן H1878 to prosper
and he who refreshes others	→	רָוָה H7301 to quench
. . .	→	גַּם H1571 also
will himself	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
be refreshed	→	יָרָא H3384A to shoot

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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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