Proverbs 23:10 Go deeper
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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: (KJV)
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אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 1
תַּ֭סֵּגTa.segyou displace
Lemma: נָסַג (na.sag) · Strong's: H5253
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhj2ms)
Meaning: to remove
Used 9 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17, Proverbs 22:28, Isaiah 59:13, Isaiah 59:14, Hosea 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5253; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 2
גְּב֣וּלge.Vula boundary of
Lemma: גְּבוּל (ge.vul) · Strong's: H1366G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: border: boundary
Used 149 times. Also: Exodus 23:31, Exodus 34:24, Numbers 20:23, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1366G; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 3
עוֹלָ֑םo.Lamantiquity
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: antiquity
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 4
וּבִשְׂדֵ֥יu.vis.Deiand in [the] fields of
Lemma: שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) · Strong's: H7704G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: land: country
Used 295 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7704G; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 5
יְ֝תוֹמִ֗יםye.to.Mimfatherless ones
Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: orphan
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 6
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 7
תָּבֹֽא\׃ta.Vo'you go
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Proverbs 23:10 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| move | → | נָסַג H5253 to remove |
| an ancient | → | עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity |
| boundary stone | → | גְּבוּל H1366G border: boundary |
| [or] | → | אַל H0408 not |
| encroach | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| on the fields | → | שָׂדֶה H7704G land: country |
| of the fatherless | → | יָתוֹם H3490 orphan |
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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