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Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD . (KJV)
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אֶ֣בֶן'E.vena weight
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: stone: weight
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:15, 2 Samuel 14:26, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068H; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 1
וָ֭אֶבֶןVa.'e.venand a weight
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: stone: weight
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:15, 2 Samuel 14:26, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068H; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 2
אֵיפָ֣ה'ei.Faha measure
Lemma: אֵיפָה (e.phah) · Strong's: H0374
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: ephah
Used 40 times. Also: Exodus 16:36, Leviticus 5:11, Leviticus 6:20, Leviticus 19:36, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 28:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0374; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 3
וְאֵיפָ֑הve.'ei.Fahand a measure
Lemma: אֵיפָה (e.phah) · Strong's: H0374
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: ephah
Used 40 times. Also: Exodus 16:36, Leviticus 5:11, Leviticus 6:20, Leviticus 19:36, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 28:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0374; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 4
תּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.Vat[are] [the] abomination of
Lemma: תּוֹעֵבַה (to.e.vah) · Strong's: H8441
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: abomination
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 43:32, Genesis 46:34, Exodus 8:26, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 18:26, Leviticus 18:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8441; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 5
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.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 20:10 word 6
גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 7
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם\׃she.nei.Hemboth of them
Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HAcbdc)
Meaning: two
Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Proverbs 20:10 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Differing | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068H stone: weight |
| weights | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068H stone: weight |
| and unequal measures | → | אֵיפָה H0374 ephah |
| . . . | → | אֵיפָה H0374 ephah |
| both | → | שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two |
| are detestable | → | תּוֹעֵבַה H8441 abomination |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| . . . | → | גַּם H1571 also |
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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