Proverbs 13:17 Go deeper

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. (KJV)

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מַלְאָ֣ךְmal.'Akha messenger

Lemma: מַלְאָךְ (ma.le.akh) · Strong's: H4397G

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

Meaning: messenger

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 32:3, Genesis 32:6, Numbers 20:14, Numbers 21:21, Numbers 22:5, Numbers 24:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4397G; TAHOT Proverbs 13:17 word 1

רָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'wicked

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

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

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 13:17 word 2

יִפֹּ֣לyi.Polhe falls

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to fall: fall

Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Proverbs 13:17 word 3

בְּרָ֑עbe.Ra'in trouble

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

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 13:17 word 4

וְצִ֖ירve.Tzirand an envoy of

Lemma: צִיר (tsir) · Strong's: H6735A

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

Meaning: envoy

Used 6 times. Also: Proverbs 25:13, Isaiah 18:2, Isaiah 57:9, Jeremiah 49:14, Obadiah 1:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6735A; TAHOT Proverbs 13:17 word 5

אֱמוּנִ֣ים'e.mu.Nimfaithfulness<es>

Lemma: אֵמֻן (e.mun) · Strong's: H0529

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

Meaning: faithful

Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:20, 2 Samuel 20:19, Psalms 12:1, Psalms 31:23, Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0529; TAHOT Proverbs 13:17 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 12:18, Proverbs 14:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4832; TAHOT Proverbs 13:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
messenger	→	מַלְאָךְ H4397G messenger
falls	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
into trouble	→	רַע H7451B bad: evil
but a faithful	→	אֵמֻן H0529 faithful
envoy	→	צִיר H6735A envoy
brings healing	→	מַרְפֵּא H4832 healing

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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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