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The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. (KJV)
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יִרְאַ֣תyir.'At[the] fear of
Lemma: יִרְאָה (yir.ah) · Strong's: H3374
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: fear
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 20:11, Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 2:25, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:9, Nehemiah 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3374; TAHOT Proverbs 15:33 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 15:33 word 2
מוּסַ֣רmu.Sar[is the] correction of
Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: discipline: instruction
Used 19 times. Also: Job 36:10, Proverbs 1:2, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 4:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148H; TAHOT Proverbs 15:33 word 3
חָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahwisdom
Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wisdom
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Proverbs 15:33 word 4
וְלִפְנֵ֖יve.lif.Neiand [is] <to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:33 word 5
כָב֣וֹדkha.Vodhonor
Lemma: כָּבוֹד (ka.vod) · Strong's: H3519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: glory
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 31:1, Genesis 45:13, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3519; TAHOT Proverbs 15:33 word 6
עֲנָוָֽה\׃'a.na.Vahhumility
Lemma: עֲנָוָה (a.na.vah) · Strong's: H6038
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: humility
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:36, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 22:4, Zephaniah 2:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6038; TAHOT Proverbs 15:33 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The fear | → | יִרְאָה H3374 fear |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| [is] the instruction | → | מוּסָר H4148H discipline: instruction |
| of wisdom | → | חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom |
| and humility | → | עֲנָוָה H6038 humility |
| comes before | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| honor | → | כָּבוֹד H3519 glory |
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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