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Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. (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 23:13 word 1
תִּמְנַ֣עtim.Na'you withhold
Lemma: מָנַע (ma.na) · Strong's: H4513
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to withhold
Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 30:2, Numbers 22:16, Numbers 24:11, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 13:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4513; TAHOT Proverbs 23:13 word 2
מִנַּ֣עַרmi.Na.'arfrom a youth
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Proverbs 23:13 word 3
מוּסָ֑רmu.Sardiscipline
Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: discipline
Used 29 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:2, Job 5:17, Job 20:3, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 5:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Proverbs 23:13 word 4
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 23:13 word 5
תַכֶּ֥נּוּta.Ke.nuyou will strike him
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Proverbs 23:13 word 6
בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶטva.She.vetwith the rod
Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tribe: staff
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Exodus 21:20, Leviticus 27:32, Numbers 24:17, Judges 5:14, 2 Samuel 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7626G; TAHOT Proverbs 23:13 word 7
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 23:13 word 8
יָמֽוּת\׃ya.Muthe will die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
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 23:13 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| withhold | → | מָנַע H4513 to withhold |
| discipline | → | מוּסָר H4148G discipline |
| from a child | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
| although | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you strike him | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| with a rod | → | שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626G tribe: staff |
| he will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
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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