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Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. (KJV)

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צִנִּ֣יםtzi.Nimthorns

Lemma: צֵן (tsen) · Strong's: H6791

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: thorn

Used 2 times. Also: Job 5:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6791; TAHOT Proverbs 22:5 word 1

פַּ֭חִיםPa.chimsnares

Lemma: פַּח (pach) · Strong's: H6341A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: snare

Used 25 times. Also: Joshua 23:13, Job 18:9, Job 22:10, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 69:22, Psalms 91:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6341A; TAHOT Proverbs 22:5 word 2

בְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekh[are] in [the] path of

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G

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

Meaning: way: conduct

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 22:5 word 3

עִקֵּ֑שׁ'i.Kesha perverse [person]

Lemma: עִקֵּשׁ (iq.qesh) · Strong's: H6141

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

Meaning: twisted

Used 11 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:5, 2 Samuel 22:27, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 101:4, Proverbs 2:15, Proverbs 8:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6141; TAHOT Proverbs 22:5 word 4

שׁוֹמֵ֥רsho.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 22:5 word 5

נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹnaf.Shoself his

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G

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

Meaning: soul

Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Proverbs 22:5 word 6

יִרְחַ֥קyir.Chakhe will be far

Lemma: רָחַק (ra.chaq) · Strong's: H7368

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to remove

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 33:7, Deuteronomy 12:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7368; TAHOT Proverbs 22:5 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Thorns	→	צֵן H6791 thorn
and snares	→	פַּח H6341A snare
[lie] on the path	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct
of the perverse	→	עִקֵּשׁ H6141 twisted
he who guards	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard
his soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul
stays far	→	רָחַק H7368 to remove
from them	→

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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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