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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. (KJV)

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תּוֹחֶ֣לֶתto.Che.lethope

Lemma: תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת (to.che.let) · Strong's: H8431

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

Meaning: hope

Used 6 times. Also: Job 41:9, Psalms 39:7, Proverbs 10:28, Proverbs 11:7, Lamentations 3:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8431; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 1

מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָהMe.mu.sha.khahdeferred

Lemma: מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) · Strong's: H4900

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsfsa)

Meaning: to draw

Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 37:28, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 19:13, Deuteronomy 21:3, Joshua 6:5, Judges 4:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4900; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 2

מַחֲלָה\־ma.cha.lah-[is] making sick

Lemma: חָלָה (cha.lah) · Strong's: H2470H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrfsa)

Meaning: be weak: ill

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 48:1, Deuteronomy 29:22, 1 Samuel 19:14, 1 Samuel 30:13, 2 Samuel 13:2, 2 Samuel 13:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2470H; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 3

לֵ֑בLev[the] heart

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

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 13:12 word 4

וְעֵ֥ץve.'Etzand [is] a tree of

Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086H

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

Meaning: tree

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6086H; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 5

חַ֝יִּ֗יםchai.Yimlife

Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: life

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 6

תַּאֲוָ֥הta.'a.Vaha desire

Lemma: תַּאֲוָה (ta.a.vah) · Strong's: H8378

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

Meaning: desire

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Numbers 11:4, Job 33:20, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 21:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8378; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 7

בָאָֽה\׃va.'Ah[which] comes

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935M

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)

Meaning: to come (in): fulfill

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Joshua 23:15, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Job 6:8, Jeremiah 40:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935M; TAHOT Proverbs 13:12 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Hope	→	תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת H8431 hope
deferred	→	מָשַׁךְ H4900 to draw
makes the heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
sick	→	חָלָה H2470H be weak: ill
but desire	→	תַּאֲוָה H8378 desire
fulfilled	→	בּוֹא H0935M to come (in): fulfill
is a tree	→	עֵץ H6086H tree
of life	→	חַיִּים H2416E life

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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