Proverbs 13:23 Go deeper

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

רָב\־rov-abundance of

Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230

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

Meaning: abundance

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 1

אֹ֭כֶל'O.khelfood

Lemma: אֹ֫כֶל (o.khel) · Strong's: H0400

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

Meaning: food

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 14:11, Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:36, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0400; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 2

נִ֣ירnir[the] unplowed ground of

Lemma: נִיר (nir) · Strong's: H5215

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

Meaning: fallow ground

Used 3 times. Also: Jeremiah 4:3, Hosea 10:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5215; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 3

רָאשִׁ֑יםra.Shimpoor [people]

Lemma: רוּשׁ (rush) · Strong's: H7326

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: be poor

Used 24 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:23, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 82:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7326; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 4

וְיֵ֥שׁve.Yeshand there

Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

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 13:23 word 5

נִ֝סְפֶּ֗הnis.Peh[is what] is swept away

Lemma: סָפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H5595

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to snatch

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Numbers 16:26, Numbers 32:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5595; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 6

בְּלֹ֣אbe.Lo'in not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 7

מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.Patjustice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

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

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Proverbs 13:23 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Abundant	→	רֹב H7230 abundance
food	→	אֹ֫כֶל H0400 food
[is in] the fallow ground	→	נִיר H5215 fallow ground
of the poor	→	רוּשׁ H7326 be poor
but without	→	לֹא H3808 not
justice	→	H4639
it is	→	יֵשׁ H3426 there
swept away	→	סָפָה H5595 to snatch

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

All attributions

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).

All attributions and changes