Proverbs 18:19 Go deeper

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אָ֗ח'Acha brother

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

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

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Proverbs 18:19 word 1

נִפְשָׁ֥עnif.Sha'transgressed

Lemma: פָּשַׁע (pa.sah) · Strong's: H6586

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

Meaning: to transgress

Used 41 times. Also: 1 Kings 8:50, 1 Kings 12:19, 2 Kings 1:1, 2 Kings 3:5, 2 Kings 3:7, 2 Kings 8:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6586; TAHOT Proverbs 18:19 word 2

מִקִּרְיַת\־mi.kir.yat-[is] more than a town of

Lemma: קִרְיָה (qir.yah) · Strong's: H7151

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: town

Used 29 times. Also: Numbers 21:28, Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 3:4, 1 Kings 1:41, 1 Kings 1:45, Job 39:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7151; TAHOT Proverbs 18:19 word 3

עֹ֑ז'Ozstrength

Lemma: עֹז (oz) · Strong's: H5797

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

Meaning: strength

Used 91 times. Also: Exodus 15:2, Exodus 15:13, Leviticus 26:19, Judges 5:21, Judges 9:51, 1 Samuel 2:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5797; TAHOT Proverbs 18:19 word 4

כִּבְרִ֥יחַkiv.Ri.ach[are] like [the] bar of

Lemma: בְּרִיחַ (be.ri.ach) · Strong's: H1280

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

Meaning: bar

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 26:26, Exodus 26:27, Exodus 26:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 36:31, Exodus 36:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1280; TAHOT Proverbs 18:19 word 5

אַרְמֽוֹן\׃'ar.Mona fortress

Lemma: אַרְמוֹן (ar.mon) · Strong's: H0759H

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

Meaning: citadel: fortress

Used 19 times. Also: Psalms 122:7, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 34:13, Jeremiah 6:5, Jeremiah 49:27, Hosea 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0759H; TAHOT Proverbs 18:19 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

An offended	→	פָּשַׁע H6586 to transgress
brother [is harder to win]	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
than a fortified	→	עֹז H5797 strength
city	→	קִרְיָה H7151 town
and disputes	→	מָדוֹן H4066 strife
are like the bars	→	בְּרִיחַ H1280 bar
of a castle	→	אַרְמוֹן H0759H citadel: fortress

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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