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The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. (KJV)

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תֻּמַּ֣תtu.Mat[the] integrity of

Lemma: תֻּמָּה (tum.mah) · Strong's: H8538

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

Meaning: integrity

Used 5 times. Also: Job 2:3, Job 2:9, Job 27:5, Job 31:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8538; TAHOT Proverbs 11:3 word 1

יְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.Rimupright [people]

Lemma: יָשָׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3477G

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: upright

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 15:26, Numbers 23:10, Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:8, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3477G; TAHOT Proverbs 11:3 word 2

תַּנְחֵ֑םtan.Chemit guides them

Lemma: נָחָה (na.chah) · Strong's: H5148

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)

Meaning: to lead

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 32:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5148; TAHOT Proverbs 11:3 word 3

וְסֶ֖לֶףve.Se.lefand [the] crookedness of

Lemma: סֶ֫לֶף (se.leph) · Strong's: H5558

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

Meaning: crookedness

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 15:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5558; TAHOT Proverbs 11:3 word 4

בּוֹגְדִ֣יםbog.Dimtreacherous [people]

Lemma: בָּגַד (ba.gad) · Strong's: H0898

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to act treacherously

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 14:33, Job 6:15, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 59:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0898; TAHOT Proverbs 11:3 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

The integrity	→	תֻּמָּה H8538 integrity
of the upright	→	יָשָׁר H3477G upright
guides them	→	נָחָה H5148 to lead
but the perversity	→	סֶ֫לֶף H5558 crookedness
of the faithless	→	בָּגַד H0898 to act treacherously
destroys them	→	שָׁדַד H7703 to ruin

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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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