Proverbs 12:19 Go deeper

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (KJV)

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שְֽׂפַת\־se.fat-a lip of

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G

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

Meaning: lips

Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 1

אֱ֭מֶת'E.metreliability

Lemma: אֱמֶת (e.met) · Strong's: H0571H

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

Meaning: truth: true

Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:48, Genesis 42:16, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:4, Deuteronomy 22:20, 1 Kings 10:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0571H; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 2

תִּכּ֣וֹןti.Konit will be established

Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559H

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)

Meaning: to establish: establish

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 41:32, Exodus 15:17, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:4, Judges 16:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3559H; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 3

לָעַ֑דla.'Adfor ever

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5703

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

Meaning: perpetuity

Used 48 times. Also: Exodus 15:18, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Job 19:24, Job 20:4, Psalms 9:5, Psalms 9:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5703; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 4

וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and until

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: till

Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 5

אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה'ar.Gi.'ahI will grant rest

Lemma: רָגַע (ra.ga) · Strong's: H7280A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhc1cs)

Meaning: to disturb

Used 6 times. Also: Job 26:12, Isaiah 51:15, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 50:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7280A; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 6

לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shona 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 12:19 word 7

שָֽׁקֶר\׃Sha.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

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

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Proverbs 12:19 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Truthful	→	אֱמֶת H0571H truth: true
lips	→	שָׂפָה H8193G lips
endure forever	→	כּוּן H3559H to establish: establish
. . .	→	עַד H5703 perpetuity
but a lying	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception
tongue	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
[lasts] only	→	עַד H5704 till
a moment	→	רָגַע H7280A to disturb

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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