Proverbs 15:26 Go deeper
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The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD : but the words of the pure are pleasant words. (KJV)
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תּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.Vat[are] [the] abomination of
Lemma: תּוֹעֵבַה (to.e.vah) · Strong's: H8441
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: abomination
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 43:32, Genesis 46:34, Exodus 8:26, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 18:26, Leviticus 18:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8441; TAHOT Proverbs 15:26 word 1
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:26 word 2
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.Vot[the] plans of
Lemma: מַחֲשָׁבָה (ma.cha.sha.vah) · Strong's: H4284
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
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 15:26 word 3
רָ֑עRa'an evil [person]
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 15:26 word 4
וּ֝טְהֹרִ֗יםu.te.ho.Rimand [are] clean
Lemma: טָהוֹר (ta.hor) · Strong's: H2889
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: pure
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2889; TAHOT Proverbs 15:26 word 5
אִמְרֵי\־'im.rei-words of
Lemma: אֵמֶר (e.mer) · Strong's: H0561
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:1, Joshua 24:27, Judges 5:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0561; TAHOT Proverbs 15:26 word 6
נֹֽעַם\׃No.'amkindness
Lemma: נֹ֫עַם (no.am) · Strong's: H5278
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pleasantness
Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 27:4, Psalms 90:17, Proverbs 3:17, Proverbs 16:24, Zechariah 11:7, Zechariah 11:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5278; TAHOT Proverbs 15:26 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| detests | → | תּוֹעֵבַה H8441 abomination |
| the thoughts | → | מַחֲשָׁבָה H4284 plot |
| of the wicked | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
| but the words | → | אֵמֶר H0561 word |
| of the pure | → | טָהוֹר H2889 pure |
| are pleasant [to Him] | → | נֹ֫עַם H5278 pleasantness |
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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