Proverbs 23:14 Go deeper
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (KJV)
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אַ֭תָּה'A.tahyou
Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)
Meaning: you(m.s.)
Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Proverbs 23:14 word 1
בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶטba.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 23:14 word 2
תַּכֶּ֑נּוּta.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 23:14 word 3
וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹve.naf.Shoand life 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 23:14 word 4
מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmi.she.'olfrom Sheol
Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hell: Sheol
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Proverbs 23:14 word 5
תַּצִּֽיל\׃ta.Tzilyou will deliver
Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to rescue
Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Proverbs 23:14 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Strike him | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| with a rod | → | שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626G tribe: staff |
| and you will deliver | → | נָצַל H5337 to rescue |
| his soul | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
| from Sheol | → | שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol |
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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