Proverbs 14:25 Go deeper

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מַצִּ֣ילma.Tzil[is] delivering

Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to rescue

Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 1

נְ֭פָשׁוֹתNe.fa.shotlives

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: soul: life

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 2

עֵ֣ד'eda witness of

Lemma: עֵד (ed) · Strong's: H5707

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

Meaning: witness

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 22:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5707; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 3

אֱמֶ֑ת'e.Metreliability

Lemma: אֱמֶת (e.met) · Strong's: H0571H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: truth: true

Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:48, Genesis 42:16, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:4, Deuteronomy 22:20, 1 Kings 10:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0571H; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 4

וְיָפִ֖חַve.ya.Fi.achso he may breathe out

Lemma: פּוּחַ (pu.ach) · Strong's: H6315

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)

Meaning: to breathe

Used 14 times. Also: Psalms 10:5, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 19:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6315; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 5

כְּזָבִ֣יםke.za.Vimlies

Lemma: כָּזָב (ka.zav) · Strong's: H3577

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: lie

Used 31 times. Also: Judges 16:10, Judges 16:13, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 5:6, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 58:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3577; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 6

מִרְמָֽה\׃mir.Mahdeceit

Lemma: מִרְמָה (mir.mah) · Strong's: H4820

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: deceit

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 27:35, Genesis 34:13, 2 Kings 9:23, Job 15:35, Job 31:5, Psalms 5:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4820; TAHOT Proverbs 14:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A truthful	→	אֱמֶת H0571H truth: true
witness	→	עֵד H5707 witness
saves	→	נָצַל H5337 to rescue
lives	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life
but one who utters	→	פּוּחַ H6315 to breathe
lies	→	כָּזָב H3577 lie
is deceitful	→	מִרְמָה H4820 deceit

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

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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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