Proverbs 18:8 Go deeper

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 1

נִ֭רְגָּןNir.gona 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 16:28, Proverbs 26:20, Proverbs 26:22, Isaiah 29:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7279; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 2

כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםke.mit.la.ha.Mim[are] like delicacies

Lemma: לָהַם (la.ham) · Strong's: H3859

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVtrmpa)

Meaning: to swallow

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3859; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 3

וְ֝הֵ֗םve.Hemand they

Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)

Meaning: they(masc.)

Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 4

יָרְד֥וּya.re.Duthey go down

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 5

חַדְרֵי\־chad.rei-[the] chambers of

Lemma: חֶ֫דֶר (che.der) · Strong's: H2315

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: chamber

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 43:30, Exodus 8:3, Deuteronomy 32:25, Judges 3:24, Judges 15:1, Judges 16:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2315; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 6

בָֽטֶן\׃Va.ten[the] belly

Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990J

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

Meaning: belly: body

Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 5:21, Job 32:18, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 132:11, Proverbs 22:18, Proverbs 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0990J; TAHOT Proverbs 18:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

The words	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
of a gossip	→	רָגַן H7279 to grumble
are like choice morsels	→	לָהַם H3859 to swallow
that	→	הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.)
go down	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
into the inmost being	→	חֶ֫דֶר H2315 chamber
. . .	→	בֶּ֫טֶן H0990J belly: body

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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