Proverbs 19:18 Go deeper
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Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. (KJV)
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יַסֵּ֣רya.Serdiscipline
Lemma: יָסַר (ya.sar) · Strong's: H3256
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to discipline
Used 43 times. Also: Leviticus 26:18, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 8:5, Deuteronomy 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3256; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 1
בִּ֭נְךָBin.khason your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 2
כִּי\־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 19:18 word 3
יֵ֣שׁyeshthere
Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: there
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 18:24, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 28:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 4
תִּקְוָ֑הtik.Vah[is] hope
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 6
הֲ֝מִית֗וֹha.mi.Toputting to death him
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 7
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 8
תִּשָּׂ֥אti.Sa'you lift up
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375O
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to lift: trust
Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 24:4, Psalms 25:1, Psalms 86:4, Psalms 134:2, Jeremiah 22:27, Jeremiah 44:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375O; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 9
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ\׃naf.She.khadesire your
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Proverbs 19:18 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Discipline | → | יָסַר H3256 to discipline |
| your son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| for in that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| there is | → | יֵשׁ H3426 there |
| hope | → | תִּקְוָה H8615B hope |
| do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| be party | → | נָשָׂא H5375O to lift: trust |
| . . . | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| his death | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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