Proverbs 12:20 Go deeper

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. (KJV)

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מִ֭רְמָהMir.mahdeceit

Lemma: מִרְמָה (mir.mah) · Strong's: H4820

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

Meaning: deceit

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 27:35, Genesis 34:13, 2 Kings 9:23, Job 15:35, Job 31:5, Psalms 5:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4820; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 1

בְּלֶב\־be.lev-[is] in [the] heart of

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 2

חֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheidevisers of

Lemma: חָרַשׁ (cha.rash) · Strong's: H2790A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to plow/plot

Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Deuteronomy 22:10, Judges 14:18, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Samuel 23:9, 1 Kings 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2790A; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 3

רָ֑עRa'evil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 4

וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖יu.le.yo.'a.Tzeiand [belongs] to counselors of

Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to advise

Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 5

שָׁל֣וֹםsha.Lompeace

Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965G

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

Meaning: peace

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:21, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 41:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7965G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 6

שִׂמְחָֽה\׃sim.Chahjoy

Lemma: שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) · Strong's: H8057

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

Meaning: joy

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 31:27, Numbers 10:10, Deuteronomy 28:47, Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 18:6, 2 Samuel 6:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8057; TAHOT Proverbs 12:20 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Deceit	→	מִרְמָה H4820 deceit
is in the hearts	→	לֵב H3820A heart
of those who devise	→	חָרַשׁ H2790A to plow/plot
evil	→	רַע H7451B bad: evil
but the counselors	→	יָעַץ H3289 to advise
of peace	→	שָׁלוֹם H7965G peace
have joy	→	שִׂמְחָה H8057 joy

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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