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There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. (KJV)
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יֵ֣שׁyeshthere
Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
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 13:7 word 1
מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁרMit.'a.sher[is one who] enriches himself
Lemma: עָשַׁר (a.shar) · Strong's: H6238
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVtrmsa)
Meaning: to enrich
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 17:25, Job 15:29, Psalms 49:16, Psalms 65:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6238; TAHOT Proverbs 13:7 word 2
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 13:7 word 3
כֹּ֑לKol[is] anything
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 13:7 word 4
מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁmit.ro.Shesh[one who] impoverishes himself
Lemma: רוּשׁ (rush) · Strong's: H7326
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVtrmsa)
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 13:7 word 5
וְה֣וֹןve.Honand wealth
Lemma: הוֹן (hon) · Strong's: H1952
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: substance
Used 26 times. Also: Psalms 44:12, Psalms 112:3, Psalms 119:14, Proverbs 1:13, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 6:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1952; TAHOT Proverbs 13:7 word 6
רָֽב\׃Ravgreat
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Proverbs 13:7 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| One pretends to be rich | → | עָשַׁר H6238 to enrich |
| but has nothing | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| . . . | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| another pretends to be poor | → | רוּשׁ H7326 be poor |
| yet has great | → | רַב H7227A many |
| wealth | → | הוֹן H1952 substance |
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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