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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; (KJV)
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הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִיםha.'O.ze.vimthose [who] leave
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to leave: forsake
Used 195 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5800A; TAHOT Proverbs 2:13 word 1
אָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.Chotpaths of
Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: way
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Proverbs 2:13 word 2
יֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sheruprightness
Lemma: יֹ֫שֶׁר (yo.sher) · Strong's: H3476
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: uprightness
Used 14 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:5, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Job 6:25, Job 33:3, Job 33:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3476; TAHOT Proverbs 2:13 word 3
לָ֝לֶ֗כֶתla.Le.khetto walk
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to go: walk
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Proverbs 2:13 word 4
בְּדַרְכֵי\־be.dar.khei-in [the] ways of
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)
Meaning: way: conduct
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 2:13 word 5
חֹֽשֶׁךְ\׃Cho.shekhdarkness
Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: darkness
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Proverbs 2:13 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| from those who leave | → | עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake |
| the straight | → | יֹ֫שֶׁר H3476 uprightness |
| paths | → | אֹ֫רַח H0734 way |
| to walk | → | הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk |
| in the ways | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
| of darkness | → | חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness |
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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