Proverbs 19:27 Go deeper
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Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. (KJV)
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חַֽדַל\־cha.dal-cease
Lemma: חָדַל (cha.dal) · Strong's: H2308
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to cease
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 11:8, Genesis 18:11, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2308; TAHOT Proverbs 19:27 word 1
בְּ֭נִיBe.niO son my
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 19:27 word 2
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlish.Mo.a'to listen to
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Proverbs 19:27 word 3
מוּסָ֑רmu.Sarcorrection
Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: discipline: instruction
Used 19 times. Also: Job 36:10, Proverbs 1:2, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 4:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148H; TAHOT Proverbs 19:27 word 4
לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹתlish.Gotto stray
Lemma: שָׁגָה (sha.gah) · Strong's: H7686
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to wander
Used 21 times. Also: Leviticus 4:13, Numbers 15:22, Deuteronomy 27:18, 1 Samuel 26:21, Job 6:24, Job 12:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7686; TAHOT Proverbs 19:27 word 5
מֵֽאִמְרֵי\־me.'im.rei-from words of
Lemma: אֵמֶר (e.mer) · Strong's: H0561
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:1, Joshua 24:27, Judges 5:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0561; TAHOT Proverbs 19:27 word 6
דָֽעַת\׃Da.'atknowledge
Lemma: דַּ֫עַת (da.at) · Strong's: H1847
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: knowledge
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 35:31, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 4:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1847; TAHOT Proverbs 19:27 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If you cease | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| to hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| instruction | → | מוּסָר H4148H discipline: instruction |
| my son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| you will stray | → | שָׁגָה H7686 to wander |
| from the words | → | אֵמֶר H0561 word |
| of knowledge | → | דַּ֫עַת H1847 knowledge |
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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