Proverbs 15:12 Go deeper
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A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. (KJV)
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לֹ֣אlo'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 15:12 word 1
יֶאֱהַב\־ye.'e.hav-he loves
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:12 word 2
לֵ֭ץletza mocker
Lemma: לִיץ (luts) · Strong's: H3887
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: to mock
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 42:23, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Job 16:20, Job 33:23, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 119:51 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3887; TAHOT Proverbs 15:12 word 3
הוֹכֵ֣חַֽho.Khe.achreproof
Lemma: יָכַח (ya.khach) · Strong's: H3198
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVhaa)
Meaning: to rebuke
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:44, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 31:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3198; TAHOT Proverbs 15:12 word 4
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Proverbs 15:12 word 5
חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםcha.kha.Mimwise [people]
Lemma: חָכָם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2450
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: wise
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 7:11, Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2450; TAHOT Proverbs 15:12 word 6
לֹ֣אlo'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 15:12 word 7
יֵלֵֽךְ\׃ye.Lekhhe goes
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:12 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A mocker | → | לִיץ H3887 to mock |
| does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| love | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| to be reproved | → | יָכַח H3198 to rebuke |
| nor will he | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| consult | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| . . . | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| the wise | → | חָכָם H2450 wise |
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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