Proverbs 21:23 Go deeper

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. (KJV)

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שֹׁמֵ֣רsho.Mer[one who] guards

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

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

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Proverbs 21:23 word 1

פִּ֭יוpivmouth his

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

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

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:23 word 2

וּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹu.le.sho.Noand tongue his

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:23 word 3

שֹׁמֵ֖רsho.Mer[is] keeping

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

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

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Proverbs 21:23 word 4

מִצָּר֣וֹתmi.tza.Rotfrom troubles

Lemma: צָרָה (tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6869B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: distress

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 35:3, Genesis 42:21, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:21, Judges 10:14, 1 Samuel 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6869B; TAHOT Proverbs 21:23 word 5

נַפְשֽׁוֹ\׃naf.Shoself his

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: myself

Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Proverbs 21:23 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He who guards	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard
his mouth	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
and tongue	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
keeps	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard
his soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself
from distress	→	צָרָה H6869B distress

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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