Proverbs 17:23 Go deeper

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. (KJV)

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שֹׁ֣חַדSho.chada bribe

Lemma: שֹׁ֫חַד (sha.chad) · Strong's: H7810

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

Meaning: bribe

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 10:17, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 27:25, 1 Samuel 8:3, 1 Kings 15:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7810; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 1

מֵ֭חֵיקMe.cheikfrom [the] bosom

Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436J

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

Meaning: bosom: secret

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 21:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2436J; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 2

רָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'a wicked [person]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

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

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 3

יִקָּ֑חyi.Kachhe accepts

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to take: recieve

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 33:11, Exodus 22:11, Exodus 25:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947H; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 4

לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹתle.ha.Totto turn aside

Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)

Meaning: to stretch

Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 5

אָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.Chot[the] paths of

Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: way

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 6

מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.Patjustice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

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

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Proverbs 17:23 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A wicked [man]	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
takes	→	לָקַח H3947H to take: recieve
a covert	→	חֵיק H2436J bosom: secret
bribe	→	שֹׁ֫חַד H7810 bribe
to subvert	→	נָטָה H5186 to stretch
the course	→	אֹ֫רַח H0734 way
of justice	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice

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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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