Proverbs 21:25 Go deeper

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. (KJV)

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תַּאֲוַ֣תta.'a.Vat[the] desire of

Lemma: תַּאֲוָה (ta.a.vah) · Strong's: H8378

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

Meaning: desire

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Numbers 11:4, Job 33:20, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 21:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8378; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 1

עָצֵ֣ל'a.Tzela sluggard

Lemma: עָצֵל (a.tsel) · Strong's: H6102

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

Meaning: sluggish

Used 14 times. Also: Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 15:19, Proverbs 19:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6102; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 2

תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּte.mi.Te.nuit kills him

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 3

כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 4

מֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.Nuthey refuse

Lemma: מָאֵן (ma.en) · Strong's: H3985

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to refuse

Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 39:8, Genesis 48:19, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 10:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3985; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 5

יָדָ֣יוya.Davhands his

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 6

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת\׃la.'a.Sotto work

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Proverbs 21:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

The craving	→	תַּאֲוָה H8378 desire
of the slacker	→	עָצֵל H6102 sluggish
kills him	→	מוּת H4191 to die
because	→	כִּי H3588A for
his hands	→	יָד H3027G hand
refuse	→	מָאֵן H3985 to refuse
to work	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do

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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