Proverbs 13:5 Go deeper
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A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. (KJV)
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דְּבַר\־de.va.ro.She-a word of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word: because
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 43:18, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 18:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697M; TAHOT Proverbs 13:5 word 1
שֶׁ֭קֶרShe.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 13:5 word 2
יִשְׂנָ֣אyis.Na'he hates
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 13:5 word 3
צַדִּ֑יקtza.Dika righteous [person]
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Proverbs 13:5 word 4
וְ֝רָשָׁ֗עve.ra.Sha'and a wicked [person]
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 13:5 word 5
יַבְאִ֥ישׁyav.'Ishhe acts odiously
Lemma: בָּאַשׁ (ba.ash) · Strong's: H0887
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: to stink
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:21, Exodus 8:14, Exodus 16:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0887; TAHOT Proverbs 13:5 word 6
וְיַחְפִּֽיר\׃ve.yach.Pirand he may act shamefully
Lemma: חָפֵר (cha.pher) · Strong's: H2659
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhu3ms)
Meaning: be ashamed
Used 17 times. Also: Job 6:20, Psalms 34:5, Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 70:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2659; TAHOT Proverbs 13:5 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| hate | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| falsehood | → | דָּבָר H1697M word: because |
| . . . | → | שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception |
| but the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| bring shame | → | בָּאַשׁ H0887 to stink |
| and disgrace | → | חָפֵר H2659 be ashamed |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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