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The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. (KJV)
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לֵ֗בLeva 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 14:10 word 1
י֭וֹדֵעַYo.de.a'[is] knowing
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 14:10 word 2
מָרַּ֣תma.Rat[the] bitterness of
Lemma: מׇרָּה (mor.rah) · Strong's: H4787
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: bitterness
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4787; TAHOT Proverbs 14:10 word 3
נַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.Shoown self its
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Proverbs 14:10 word 4
וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹu.ve.sim.cha.Toand in joy its
Lemma: שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) · Strong's: H8057
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: joy
Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 31:27, Numbers 10:10, Deuteronomy 28:47, Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 18:6, 2 Samuel 6:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8057; TAHOT Proverbs 14:10 word 5
לֹא\־lo'-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 14:10 word 6
יִתְעָ֥רַבyit.'A.ravhe shares
Lemma: עָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H6148
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)
Meaning: to pledge
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32, 2 Kings 18:23, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 5:3, Job 17:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6148; TAHOT Proverbs 14:10 word 7
זָֽר\׃Zara stranger
Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: be a stranger
Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 29:33, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2114A; TAHOT Proverbs 14:10 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| knows | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| its own | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
| bitterness | → | מׇרָּה H4787 bitterness |
| and no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| stranger | → | זוּר H2114A be a stranger |
| shares | → | עָרַב H6148 to pledge |
| in its joy | → | שִׂמְחָה H8057 joy |
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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