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The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. (KJV)
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עָשִׁ֣יר'a.Shir[the] rich
Lemma: עָשִׁיר (a.shir) · Strong's: H6223
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: rich
Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 30:15, Ruth 3:10, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:2, 2 Samuel 12:4, Job 27:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6223; TAHOT Proverbs 22:2 word 1
וָרָ֣שׁva.Rashand [the] poor
Lemma: רוּשׁ (rush) · Strong's: H7326
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: be poor
Used 24 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:23, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 82:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7326; TAHOT Proverbs 22:2 word 2
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּnif.Ga.shuthey meet together
Lemma: פָּגַשׁ (pa.gash) · Strong's: H6298
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to meet
Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 32:17, Genesis 33:8, Exodus 4:24, Exodus 4:27, 1 Samuel 25:20, 2 Samuel 2:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6298; TAHOT Proverbs 22:2 word 3
עֹשֵׂ֖ה'o.Seh[is the] maker of
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Proverbs 22:2 word 4
כֻלָּ֣םkhu.Lamall of them
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 22:2 word 5
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 22:2 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The rich | → | עָשִׁיר H6223 rich |
| and the poor | → | רוּשׁ H7326 be poor |
| have this in common | → | פָּגַשׁ H6298 to meet |
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| [is] Maker | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| of them all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
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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