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If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; (KJV)
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הַ֭צֵּלHa.tzeldeliver
Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
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 24:11 word 1
לְקֻחִ֣יםle.ku.Chim[those being] taken
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Proverbs 24:11 word 2
לַמָּ֑וֶתla.Ma.vetto <the> death
Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: death
Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Proverbs 24:11 word 3
וּמָטִ֥יםu.ma.Timand [those who] are staggering
Lemma: מוֹט (mot) · Strong's: H4131
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: to shake
Used 37 times. Also: Leviticus 25:35, Deuteronomy 32:35, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 13:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4131; TAHOT Proverbs 24:11 word 4
לַ֝הֶ֗רֶגla.He.regto the slaughter
Lemma: הֶ֫רֶג (he.reg) · Strong's: H2027
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: slaughter
Used 5 times. Also: Esther 9:5, Isaiah 27:7, Isaiah 30:25, Ezekiel 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2027; TAHOT Proverbs 24:11 word 5
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Proverbs 24:11 word 6
תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ\׃tach.Sokhyou will restrain
Lemma: חָשַׂךְ (cha.sakh) · Strong's: H2820
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to withhold
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 20:6, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 22:16, Genesis 39:9, 1 Samuel 25:39, 2 Samuel 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2820; TAHOT Proverbs 24:11 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Rescue | → | נָצַל H5337 to rescue |
| those being led away | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| to death | → | מָ֫וֶת H4194 death |
| and restrain | → | חָשַׂךְ H2820 to withhold |
| those stumbling | → | מוֹט H4131 to shake |
| toward the slaughter | → | הֶ֫רֶג H2027 slaughter |
| . . . | → | אִם H0518A if |
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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