Proverbs 24:17 Go deeper
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Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: (KJV)
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בִּנְפֹ֣לbin.Folwhen falls
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Proverbs 24:17 word 1
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 24:17 word 2
תִּשְׂמָ֑חtis.Machyou rejoice
Lemma: שָׂמַח (sa.mach) · Strong's: H8055
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to rejoice
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8055; TAHOT Proverbs 24:17 word 3
וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹu.vi.ka.she.Loand when stumbles he
Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)
Meaning: to stumble
Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT Proverbs 24:17 word 4
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 24:17 word 5
יָגֵ֥לya.Gelit rejoice
Lemma: גִּיל (gil) · Strong's: H1523
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)
Meaning: to rejoice
Used 42 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:31, Psalms 2:11, Psalms 9:14, Psalms 13:4, Psalms 13:5, Psalms 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1523; TAHOT Proverbs 24:17 word 6
לִבֶּֽךָ\׃li.Be.khaheart your
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 24:17 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| gloat | → | שָׂמַח H8055 to rejoice |
| when your enemy | → | אֹיֵב H0341 enemy |
| falls | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| and do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| let your heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| rejoice | → | גִּיל H1523 to rejoice |
| when he stumbles | → | כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble |
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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