Proverbs 15:17 Go deeper

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. (KJV)

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ט֤וֹבTov[is] good

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 1

אֲרֻחַ֣ת'a.ru.Chata portion of

Lemma: אֲרֻחָה (a.ru.chah) · Strong's: H0737

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: ration

Used 6 times. Also: 2 Kings 25:30, Jeremiah 40:5, Jeremiah 52:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0737; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 2

יָ֭רָקYa.rokvegetables

Lemma: יָרָק (ya.raq) · Strong's: H3419

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

Meaning: herb

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:10, 1 Kings 21:2, 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3419; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 3

וְאַהֲבָה\־ve.'a.ha.vah-and love

Lemma: אַהֲבָה (a.ha.vah) · Strong's: H0160

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

Meaning: love

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 29:20, Deuteronomy 7:8, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 20:17, 2 Samuel 1:26, 2 Samuel 13:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0160; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 4

שָׁ֑םSham[is] there

Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: there

Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 5

מִשּׁ֥וֹרmi.Shormore than an 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 15:17 word 6

אָ֝ב֗וּס'a.Vusfattened

Lemma: אָבַס (a.vas) · Strong's: H0075

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to fatten

Used 2 times. Also: 1 Kings 4:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0075; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 7

וְשִׂנְאָה\־ve.sin.'ah-and hatred

Lemma: שִׂנְאָה (sin.ah) · Strong's: H8135

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

Meaning: hating

Used 17 times. Also: Numbers 35:20, Deuteronomy 1:27, Deuteronomy 9:28, 2 Samuel 13:15, Psalms 25:19, Psalms 109:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8135; TAHOT Proverbs 15:17 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Better	→	טוֹב H2896A pleasant
a dish	→	אֲרֻחָה H0737 ration
of vegetables	→	יָרָק H3419 herb
where	→	שָׁם H8033G there
there is love	→	אַהֲבָה H0160 love
than a fattened	→	אָבַס H0075 to fatten
ox	→	שׁוֹר H7794 cattle
with hatred	→	שִׂנְאָה H8135 hating

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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