Proverbs 20:14 Go deeper

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (KJV)

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רַ֣עra'bad

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: bad: harmful

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 24:50, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 37:2, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451A; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 1

רַ֭עra'bad

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: bad: harmful

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 24:50, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 37:2, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451A; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 2

יֹאמַ֣רyo.Marhe says

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 3

הַקּוֹנֶ֑הha.ko.Nehthe buyer

Lemma: קָנָה (qa.nah) · Strong's: H7069

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to buy

Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 25:10, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7069; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 4

וְאֹזֵ֥לve.'o.Zeland [he is] going away

Lemma: אָזַל (a.zal) · Strong's: H0235

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: be gone

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:36, 1 Samuel 9:7, Job 14:11, Jeremiah 2:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0235; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 5

אָ֣ז'azthen

Lemma: אָז (az) · Strong's: H0227A

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: then

Used 122 times. Also: Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 24:41, Genesis 49:4, Exodus 4:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0227A; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 6

יִתְהַלָּֽל\׃yit.ha.Lalhe boasts

Lemma: הָלַל (ha.lal) · Strong's: H1984H

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)

Meaning: to boast: boast

Used 24 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:11, 1 Chronicles 16:10, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 34:2, Psalms 44:8, Psalms 49:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1984H; TAHOT Proverbs 20:14 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Worthless	→	רַע H7451A bad: harmful
worthless	→	רַע H7451A bad: harmful
says	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
the buyer	→	קָנָה H7069 to buy
but on the way out	→	אָזַל H0235 be gone
he gloats	→	הָלַל H1984H to boast: boast

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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