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The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? (KJV)
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זֶ֣בַחZe.vach[the] sacrifice of
Lemma: זֶ֫בַח (ze.vach) · Strong's: H2077
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sacrifice
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 31:54, Genesis 46:1, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 12:27, Exodus 18:12, Exodus 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2077; TAHOT Proverbs 21:27 word 1
רְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imwicked [people]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 21:27 word 2
תּוֹעֵבָ֑הto.'e.Vah[is] an abomination
Lemma: תּוֹעֵבַה (to.e.vah) · Strong's: H8441
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
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 21:27 word 3
אַ֝֗ף'Afindeed?
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Proverbs 21:27 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-if
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 21:27 word 5
בְזִמָּ֥הve.zi.Mahin wickedness
Lemma: זִמָּה (zim.mah) · Strong's: H2154
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wickedness
Used 29 times. Also: Leviticus 18:17, Leviticus 19:29, Leviticus 20:14, Judges 20:6, Job 17:11, Job 31:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2154; TAHOT Proverbs 21:27 word 6
יְבִיאֶֽנּוּ\׃ye.vi.'E.nuhe brings it
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935P
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): bring
Used 547 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935P; TAHOT Proverbs 21:27 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The sacrifice | → | זֶ֫בַח H2077 sacrifice |
| of the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| is detestable | → | תּוֹעֵבַה H8441 abomination |
| how much more so | → | אַף H0637 also |
| when | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| brought | → | בּוֹא H0935P to come (in): bring |
| with ill intent | → | זִמָּה H2154 wickedness |
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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