Proverbs 15:22 Go deeper
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Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. (KJV)
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הָפֵ֣רha.Ferthey go wrong
Lemma: פָּרַר (pa.rar) · Strong's: H6565A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to break
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6565A; TAHOT Proverbs 15:22 word 1
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתMa.cha.sha.Votplans
Lemma: מַחֲשָׁבָה (ma.cha.sha.vah) · Strong's: H4284
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: plot
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Exodus 31:4, Exodus 35:32, Exodus 35:33, Exodus 35:35, 2 Samuel 14:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4284; TAHOT Proverbs 15:22 word 2
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 15:22 word 3
ס֑וֹדSod[is] counsel
Lemma: סוֹד (sod) · Strong's: H5475
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: counsel
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 49:6, Job 15:8, Job 19:19, Job 29:4, Psalms 25:14, Psalms 55:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5475; TAHOT Proverbs 15:22 word 4
וּבְרֹ֖בu.ve.Roand with multitude 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 15:22 word 5
יוֹעֲצִ֣יםyo.'a.Tzimcounselors
Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to advise
Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Proverbs 15:22 word 6
תָּקֽוּם\׃ta.Kumit is established
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to arise: establish
Used 174 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965I; TAHOT Proverbs 15:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Plans | → | מַחֲשָׁבָה H4284 plot |
| fail | → | פָּרַר H6565A to break |
| for lack | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| of counsel | → | סוֹד H5475 counsel |
| but with many | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| advisers | → | יָעַץ H3289 to advise |
| they succeed | → | קוּם H6965I to arise: establish |
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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