Proverbs 21:18 Go deeper

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. (KJV)

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כֹּ֣פֶרKo.fer[is] a ransom

Lemma: כֹּפֶר (ko.pher) · Strong's: H3724A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: ransom

Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 21:30, Exodus 30:12, Numbers 35:31, Numbers 35:32, 1 Samuel 12:3, Job 33:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3724A; TAHOT Proverbs 21:18 word 1

לַצַּדִּ֣יקla.tza.Dikfor the righteous [person]

Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: righteous

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Proverbs 21:18 word 2

רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'a wicked [person]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 21:18 word 3

וְתַ֖חַתve.Ta.chatand in place of

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: underneath: instead

Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Proverbs 21:18 word 4

יְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.Rimupright [people]

Lemma: יָשָׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3477G

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: upright

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 15:26, Numbers 23:10, Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:8, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3477G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:18 word 5

בּוֹגֵֽד\׃bo.Ged[one who] acts treacherously

Lemma: בָּגַד (ba.gad) · Strong's: H0898

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

Meaning: to act treacherously

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 14:33, Job 6:15, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 59:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0898; TAHOT Proverbs 21:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

The wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
[become] a ransom	→	כֹּפֶר H3724A ransom
for the righteous	→	צַדִּיק H6662 righteous
and the faithless	→	בָּגַד H0898 to act treacherously
for	→	תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead
the upright	→	יָשָׁר H3477G upright

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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