Proverbs 16:28 Go deeper

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. (KJV)

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אִ֣ישׁ'isha person of

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

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

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 1

תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹתTah.pu.khotperversities

Lemma: תַּהְפֻּכָה (tah.pu.khah) · Strong's: H8419

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: perversity

Used 10 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:20, Proverbs 2:12, Proverbs 2:14, Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 10:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8419; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 2

יְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.Lachhe sends out

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)

Meaning: to send: depart

Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 3

מָד֑וֹןma.Donstrife

Lemma: מָדוֹן (ma.don) · Strong's: H4066

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

Meaning: strife

Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 80:6, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 22:10, Proverbs 26:20, Proverbs 28:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4066; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 4

וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןve.nir.Ganand a slanderer

Lemma: רָגַן (ra.gan) · Strong's: H7279

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to grumble

Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:27, Psalms 106:25, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:20, Proverbs 26:22, Isaiah 29:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7279; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 5

מַפְרִ֥ידmaf.Rid[is] separating

Lemma: פָּרַד (pa.rad) · Strong's: H6504

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to separate

Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6504; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 6

אַלּֽוּף\׃'a.Lufa close friend

Lemma: אַלּוּף (al.luph) · Strong's: H0441A

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

Meaning: tame

Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 55:13, Psalms 144:14, Proverbs 2:17, Proverbs 17:9, Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 11:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0441A; TAHOT Proverbs 16:28 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A perverse	→	תַּהְפֻּכָה H8419 perversity
man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
spreads	→	שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart
dissension	→	מָדוֹן H4066 strife
and a gossip	→	רָגַן H7279 to grumble
divides	→	פָּרַד H6504 to separate
close friends	→	אַלּוּף H0441A tame

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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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