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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. (KJV)
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עֵ֣ד'eda witness of
Lemma: עֵד (ed) · Strong's: H5707
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: witness
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 22:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5707; TAHOT Proverbs 19:9 word 1
שְׁ֭קָרִיםShe.ka.rimlies
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: deception
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Proverbs 19:9 word 2
לֹ֣אlo'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 19:9 word 3
יִנָּקֶ֑הyi.na.Kehhe will go unpunished
Lemma: נָקָה (na.qah) · Strong's: H5352
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to clear
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:41, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5352; TAHOT Proverbs 19:9 word 4
וְיָפִ֖יחַve.ya.Fi.achand he may breathe out
Lemma: פּוּחַ (pu.ach) · Strong's: H6315
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)
Meaning: to breathe
Used 14 times. Also: Psalms 10:5, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 14:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6315; TAHOT Proverbs 19:9 word 5
כְּזָבִ֣יםke.za.Vimlies
Lemma: כָּזָב (ka.zav) · Strong's: H3577
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: lie
Used 31 times. Also: Judges 16:10, Judges 16:13, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 5:6, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 58:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3577; TAHOT Proverbs 19:9 word 6
יֹאבֵֽד\׃\ \פyo.Vedhe will perish
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Proverbs 19:9 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A false | → | שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception |
| witness | → | עֵד H5707 witness |
| will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| go unpunished | → | נָקָה H5352 to clear |
| and one who pours out | → | פּוּחַ H6315 to breathe |
| lies | → | כָּזָב H3577 lie |
| will perish | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
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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