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Where no oxen are , the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. (KJV)
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בְּאֵ֣יןbe.'Einwhen 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 14:4 word 1
אֲ֭לָפִים'A.la.fim[are] cattle<s>
Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0504
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cattle
Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 28:4, Deuteronomy 28:18, Deuteronomy 28:51, Psalms 8:7, Isaiah 30:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0504; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 2
אֵב֣וּס'e.Vus[the] feeding trough
Lemma: אֵבוּס (e.vus) · Strong's: H0018
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: crib
Used 3 times. Also: Job 39:9, Isaiah 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0018; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 3
בָּ֑רBar[is] clean
Lemma: בַּר (bar) · Strong's: H1249
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pure
Used 7 times. Also: Job 11:4, Psalms 19:8, Psalms 24:4, Psalms 73:1, Song of Solomon 6:9, Song of Solomon 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1249; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 4
וְרָב\־ve.rov-and abundance of
Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: abundance
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 5
תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹתte.vu.'otproduce<s>
Lemma: תְּבוּאָה (te.vu.ah) · Strong's: H8393
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: produce
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 47:24, Exodus 23:10, Leviticus 19:25, Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8393; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 6
בְּכֹ֣חַbe.Kho.ach[is] by [the] strength of
Lemma: כֹּחַ (ko.ach) · Strong's: H3581B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 31:6, Genesis 49:3, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3581B; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 7
שֽׁוֹר\׃Shoran ox
Lemma: שׁוֹר (shor) · Strong's: H7794
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cattle
Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 32:5, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7794; TAHOT Proverbs 14:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Where there are no | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| oxen | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0504 cattle |
| the manger | → | אֵבוּס H0018 crib |
| is empty | → | בַּר H1249 pure |
| but an abundant | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| harvest comes | → | תְּבוּאָה H8393 produce |
| through the strength | → | כֹּחַ H3581B strength |
| of the ox | → | שׁוֹר H7794 cattle |
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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