Proverbs 23:29 Go deeper
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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? (KJV)
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לְמִ֨יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 1
א֥וֹי'owoe
Lemma: אוֹי (oy) · Strong's: H0188
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: woe!
Used 24 times. Also: Numbers 21:29, Numbers 24:23, 1 Samuel 4:7, 1 Samuel 4:8, Isaiah 3:9, Isaiah 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0188; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 2
לְמִ֪יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 3
אֲב֡וֹי'a.Vowoe!
Lemma: אֲבוֹי (a.voy) · Strong's: H0017
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: pain!
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0017; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 4
לְמִ֤יle.Mi[belong] to whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 5
לְמִ֥יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 6
שִׂ֗יחַSi.achcomplaint
Lemma: שִׂיחַ (si.ach) · Strong's: H7879
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: complaint
Used 14 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 18:27, 2 Kings 9:11, Job 7:13, Job 9:27, Job 10:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7879; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 7
לְ֭מִיLe.mi[belong] to whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 8
פְּצָעִ֣יםpe.tza.'Imwounds
Lemma: פֶּ֫צַע (pe.tsa) · Strong's: H6482
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: wound
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Exodus 21:25, Job 9:17, Proverbs 20:30, Proverbs 27:6, Isaiah 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6482; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 9
חִנָּ֑םchi.Namwithout cause
Lemma: חִנָּם (chin.nam) · Strong's: H2600
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: for nothing
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 29:15, Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:11, Numbers 11:5, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2600; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 10
לְ֝מִ֗יle.Mi[belongs] to whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 11
חַכְלִל֥וּתchakh.li.Lutdullness of
Lemma: חַכְלִלוּת (chakh.li.lut) · Strong's: H2448
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: dullness
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2448; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 12
עֵינָֽיִם\׃'ei.Na.yimeyes
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Proverbs 23:29 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| has woe | → | אוֹי H0188 woe! |
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| has sorrow | → | אֲבוֹי H0017 pain! |
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| has contentions | → | מָדוֹן H4066 strife |
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| has complaints | → | שִׂיחַ H7879 complaint |
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| {has} needless | → | חִנָּם H2600 for nothing |
| wounds | → | פֶּ֫צַע H6482 wound |
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| has bloodshot | → | חַכְלִלוּת H2448 dullness |
| eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
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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