Proverbs 19:1 Go deeper

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (KJV)

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טֽוֹב\־tov-[is] good

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

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

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 1

רָ֭שׁrasha poor [person]

Lemma: רוּשׁ (rush) · Strong's: H7326

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

Meaning: be poor

Used 24 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:23, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 82:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7326; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 2

הוֹלֵ֣ךְho.Lekh[who] walks

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I

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

Meaning: to go: walk

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 3

בְּתֻמּ֑וֹbe.tu.Moin integrity his

Lemma: תֹּם (tom) · Strong's: H8537

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

Meaning: integrity

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, 2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 22:34, 2 Chronicles 18:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8537; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 4

מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁme.'i.Keshmore than [the] [person] perverse of

Lemma: עִקֵּשׁ (iq.qesh) · Strong's: H6141

Parsing: Aamsc (Aamsc)

Meaning: twisted

Used 11 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:5, 2 Samuel 22:27, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 101:4, Proverbs 2:15, Proverbs 8:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6141; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 5

שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.Tavlips his

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: lip: words

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:7, 2 Kings 18:20, Job 11:2, Job 12:20, Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 7:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193H; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 6

וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and he

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 7

כְסִֽיל\׃khe.Sil[is] a fool

Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684

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

Meaning: fool

Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 19:1 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Better	→	טוֹב H2896A pleasant
a poor man	→	רוּשׁ H7326 be poor
who walks	→	הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk
with integrity	→	תֹּם H8537 integrity
than a fool	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
whose lips	→	שָׂפָה H8193H lip: words
are perverse	→	עִקֵּשׁ H6141 twisted

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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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