Proverbs 15:7 Go deeper

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. (KJV)

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שִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.Tei[the] lips of

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: lips

Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:7 word 1

חֲ֭כָמִיםCha.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 15:7 word 2

יְזָ֣רוּye.Za.ruthey scatter

Lemma: זָרָה (za.rah) · Strong's: H2219

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)

Meaning: to scatter

Used 39 times. Also: Exodus 32:20, Leviticus 26:33, Numbers 16:37, Ruth 3:2, 1 Kings 14:15, Job 18:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2219; TAHOT Proverbs 15:7 word 3

דָ֑עַתDa.'atknowledge

Lemma: דַּ֫עַת (da.at) · Strong's: H1847

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

Meaning: knowledge

Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 35:31, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 4:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1847; TAHOT Proverbs 15:7 word 4

וְלֵ֖בve.Levand [the] heart of

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 15:7 word 5

כְּסִילִ֣יםke.si.Limfools

Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: fool

Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 15:7 word 6

לֹא\־lo'-[is] 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 15:7 word 7

כֵֽן\׃Khenright

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651A

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

Meaning: right

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:19, Genesis 42:31, Genesis 42:33, Genesis 42:34, Exodus 10:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651A; TAHOT Proverbs 15:7 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

The lips	→	שָׂפָה H8193G lips
of the wise	→	חָכָם H2450 wise
spread	→	זָרָה H2219 to scatter
knowledge	→	דַּ֫עַת H1847 knowledge
but not	→	לֹא H3808 not
so	→	כֵּן H3651A right
the hearts	→	לֵב H3820A heart
of fools	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool

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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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