Proverbs 14:23 Go deeper

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (KJV)

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בְּכָל\־be.kholin all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

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 14:23 word 1

עֶ֭צֶב'E.tzevhard labor

Lemma: עֶ֫צֶב (e.tsev) · Strong's: H6089A

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

Meaning: toil

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 5:10, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 15:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6089A; TAHOT Proverbs 14:23 word 2

יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit is

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Proverbs 14:23 word 3

מוֹתָ֑רmo.Tarprofit

Lemma: מוֹתָר (mo.tar) · Strong's: H4195

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

Meaning: advantage

Used 3 times. Also: Proverbs 21:5, Ecclesiastes 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4195; TAHOT Proverbs 14:23 word 4

וּדְבַר\־u.de.va.rS-and 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 14:23 word 5

שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimlips

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: lip: words

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:7, 2 Kings 18:20, Job 11:2, Job 12:20, Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 7:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193H; TAHOT Proverbs 14:23 word 6

אַךְ\־'akh-only

Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: surely

Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Proverbs 14:23 word 7

לְמַחְסֽוֹר\׃le.mach.Sorto poverty

Lemma: מַחְסוֹר (mach.sor) · Strong's: H4270

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

Meaning: need

Used 13 times. Also: Deuteronomy 15:8, Judges 18:10, Judges 19:19, Judges 19:20, Psalms 34:9, Proverbs 6:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4270; TAHOT Proverbs 14:23 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

There is	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
profit	→	מוֹתָר H4195 advantage
in all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
labor	→	עֶ֫צֶב H6089A toil
but mere talk	→	דָּבָר H1697M word: because
. . .	→	שָׂפָה H8193H lip: words
leads only	→	אַךְ H0389 surely
to poverty	→	מַחְסוֹר H4270 need

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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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