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The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. (KJV)
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יִרְאַ֣תyir.'At[the] fear of
Lemma: יִרְאָה (yir.ah) · Strong's: H3374
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: fear
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 20:11, Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 2:25, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:9, Nehemiah 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3374; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 1
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 2
לְחַיִּ֑יםle.chai.Yim[is] to life
Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: life
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 3
וְשָׂבֵ֥עַve.sa.Ve.a'and satisfied
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.ve.a) · Strong's: H7649
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: sated
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 25:8, Genesis 35:29, Deuteronomy 33:23, 1 Samuel 2:5, 1 Chronicles 29:28, Job 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7649; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 4
יָ֝לִ֗יןya.Linsomeone will pass [the] night
Lemma: לוּן (lun) · Strong's: H3885A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to lodge
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 31:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3885A; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 5
בַּל\־bal-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 6
יִפָּ֥קֶדyi.Pa.kedhe will be visited
Lemma: פָּקַד (pa.qad) · Strong's: H6485I
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to reckon: visit
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 21:1, Genesis 50:24, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 4:31, Exodus 13:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6485I; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 7
רָֽע\׃Ra'trouble
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 19:23 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The fear | → | יִרְאָה H3374 fear |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| leads to life | → | חַיִּים H2416E life |
| that one may rest | → | לוּן H3885A to lodge |
| content | → | שָׂבֵעַ H7649 sated |
| without | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| visitation | → | פָּקַד H6485I to reckon: visit |
| from harm | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
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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