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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. (KJV)

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מַצְרֵ֣ףmatz.Refa crucible

Lemma: מַצְרֵף (mits.reph) · Strong's: H4715

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

Meaning: crucible

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 27:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4715; TAHOT Proverbs 17:3 word 1

לַ֭כֶּסֶףLa.ke.sef[is] for <the> silver

Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G

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

Meaning: silver: money

Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Proverbs 17:3 word 2

וְכ֣וּרve.Khurand a smelting furnace

Lemma: כּוּר (kur) · Strong's: H3564

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

Meaning: furnace

Used 9 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:20, 1 Kings 8:51, Proverbs 27:21, Isaiah 48:10, Jeremiah 11:4, Ezekiel 22:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3564; TAHOT Proverbs 17:3 word 3

לַזָּהָ֑בla.za.Hav[is] for <the> gold

Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091

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

Meaning: gold

Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Proverbs 17:3 word 4

וּבֹחֵ֖ןu.vo.Chenand [is] testing

Lemma: בָּחַן (ba.chan) · Strong's: H0974

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to test

Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 42:15, Genesis 42:16, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Job 7:18, Job 12:11, Job 23:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0974; TAHOT Proverbs 17:3 word 5

לִבּ֣וֹתli.Bothearts

Lemma: לִבָּה (lib.bah) · Strong's: H3826

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

Meaning: heart

Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 7:9, Psalms 125:4, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 21:2, Proverbs 24:12, Ezekiel 16:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3826; TAHOT Proverbs 17:3 word 6

יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.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 17:3 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A crucible	→	מַצְרֵף H4715 crucible
for silver	→	כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money
and a furnace	→	כּוּר H3564 furnace
for gold	→	זָהָב H2091 gold
but the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
is the tester	→	בָּחַן H0974 to test
of hearts	→	לִבָּה H3826 heart

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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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