Proverbs 2:15 Go deeper
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Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: (KJV)
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwho
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Proverbs 2:15 word 1
אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם'a.re.cho.tei.Hempaths their
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 2:15 word 2
עִקְּשִׁ֑ים'i.ke.Shim[are] twisted
Lemma: עִקֵּשׁ (iq.qesh) · Strong's: H6141
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: twisted
Used 11 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:5, 2 Samuel 22:27, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 101:4, Proverbs 8:8, Proverbs 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6141; TAHOT Proverbs 2:15 word 3
וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗יםu.ne.lo.Zimand [who are] crooked
Lemma: לוּז (luz) · Strong's: H3868
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)
Meaning: be devious
Used 6 times. Also: Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 4:21, Proverbs 14:2, Isaiah 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3868; TAHOT Proverbs 2:15 word 4
בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם\׃be.ma'.ge.lo.Tamin tracks their
Lemma: מַעְגָּל (ma.gal) · Strong's: H4570
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: track
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:20, 1 Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:7, Psalms 17:5, Psalms 23:3, Psalms 65:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4570; TAHOT Proverbs 2:15 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| whose | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| paths | → | אֹ֫רַח H0734 way |
| are crooked | → | עִקֵּשׁ H6141 twisted |
| and whose ways | → | מַעְגָּל H4570 track |
| are devious | → | לוּז H3868 be devious |
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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