Proverbs 12:18 Go deeper

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. (KJV)

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יֵ֣שׁyeshthere

Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: there

Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 18:24, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 28:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 1

בּ֭וֹטֶהBo.teh[is one who] speaks rashly

Lemma: בָּטָה (ba.tah) · Strong's: H0981

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to speak rashly

Used 4 times. Also: Leviticus 5:4, Psalms 106:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0981; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 2

כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹתke.mad.ke.Rotlike thrusts of

Lemma: מַדְקָרָה (mad.qa.rah) · Strong's: H4094

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: thrust

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4094; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 3

חָ֑רֶבCha.reva sword

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

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

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 4

וּלְשׁ֖וֹןu.le.Shonand [the] tongue of

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 5

חֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.Mimwise [people]

Lemma: חָכָם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2450

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

Meaning: wise

Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 7:11, Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2450; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 6

מַרְפֵּֽא\׃mar.Pe'[is] healing

Lemma: מַרְפֵּא (mar.pe) · Strong's: H4832

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: healing

Used 16 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Proverbs 4:22, Proverbs 6:15, Proverbs 13:17, Proverbs 14:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4832; TAHOT Proverbs 12:18 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Speaking rashly	→	בָּטָה H0981 to speak rashly
is like a piercing	→	מַדְקָרָה H4094 thrust
sword	→	חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword
but the tongue	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
of the wise	→	חָכָם H2450 wise
brings healing	→	מַרְפֵּא H4832 healing

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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