Proverbs 19:10 Go deeper

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לֹֽא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 1

נָאוֶ֣הna.Veh[is] suitable

Lemma: נָאוֶה (na.eh) · Strong's: H5000

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

Meaning: lovely

Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 33:1, Psalms 147:1, Proverbs 17:7, Proverbs 26:1, Song of Solomon 1:5, Song of Solomon 2:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5000; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 2

לִכְסִ֣ילlikh.Silfor a fool

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

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

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 19:10 word 3

תַּעֲנ֑וּגta.'a.Nugluxury

Lemma: תַּעֲנוּג (ta.a.nug) · Strong's: H8588

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

Meaning: luxury

Used 5 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 2:8, Song of Solomon 7:6, Micah 1:16, Micah 2:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8588; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 4

אַ֝֗ף'Afindeed?

Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: also

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 5

כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 6

לְעֶ֤בֶד\׀le.'E.vedfor a slave

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

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

Meaning: servant/slave

Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 7

מְשֹׁ֬לme.Sholto rule

Lemma: מָשַׁל (ma.shal) · Strong's: H4910

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to rule

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 37:8, Genesis 45:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4910; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 8

בְּשָׂרִֽים\׃be.sa.Rimover princes

Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: ruler

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Proverbs 19:10 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Luxury	→	תַּעֲנוּג H8588 luxury
is unseemly	→	נָאוֶה H5000 lovely
for a fool	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
how much worse	→	אַף H0637 also
. . .	→	כִּי H3588A for
for a slave	→	עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave
to rule	→	מָשַׁל H4910 to rule
over princes	→	שַׂר H8269 ruler

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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