Proverbs 23:32 Go deeper

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (KJV)

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אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ'a.cha.ri.toend its

Lemma: אַחֲרִית (a.cha.rit) · Strong's: H0319

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

Meaning: end

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 49:1, Numbers 23:10, Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 8:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0319; TAHOT Proverbs 23:32 word 1

כְּנָחָ֣שׁke.na.Chashlike a snake

Lemma: נָחָשׁ (na.chash) · Strong's: H5175

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: serpent

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 49:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5175; TAHOT Proverbs 23:32 word 2

יִשָּׁ֑ךְyi.Shakhit will bite

Lemma: נָשַׁךְ (na.shakh) · Strong's: H5391A

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

Meaning: to bite

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 49:17, Numbers 21:6, Numbers 21:8, Numbers 21:9, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Ecclesiastes 10:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5391A; TAHOT Proverbs 23:32 word 3

וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥יu.khe.tzif.'o.Niand like a viper

Lemma: צִפְעוֹנִי (tsiph.o.ni) · Strong's: H6848B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: serpent

Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 11:8, Isaiah 59:5, Jeremiah 8:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6848B; TAHOT Proverbs 23:32 word 4

יַפְרִֽשׁ\׃yaf.Rishit will sting

Lemma: פָּרַשׁ (pa.rash) · Strong's: H6567B

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)

Meaning: to pierce

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6567B; TAHOT Proverbs 23:32 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

In the end	→	אַחֲרִית H0319 end
it bites	→	נָשַׁךְ H5391A to bite
like a snake	→	נָחָשׁ H5175 serpent
and stings	→	פָּרַשׁ H6567B to pierce
like a viper	→	צִפְעוֹנִי H6848B serpent

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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