Proverbs 24:31 Go deeper
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And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. (KJV)
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וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Nehand there!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 1
עָ֘לָ֤ה'a.Lahit had grown up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 2
כֻלּ֨וֹ\׀khu.Loall of it
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 3
קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗יםki.me.so.Nimthorns
Lemma: קִמָּשׂוֹן (qim.ma.shon) · Strong's: H7063
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: thorn
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7063; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 4
כָּסּ֣וּka.Suthey were covered
Lemma: כָּסָה (ka.sah) · Strong's: H3680
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVPp3cp)
Meaning: to cover
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 37:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3680; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 5
פָנָ֣יוfa.Navsurface<s> its
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: surface
Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440J; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 6
חֲרֻלִּ֑יםcha.ru.Limnettles
Lemma: חָרוּל (cha.rul) · Strong's: H2738
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nettle
Used 3 times. Also: Job 30:7, Zephaniah 2:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2738; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 7
וְגֶ֖דֶרve.Ge.derand [the] wall of
Lemma: גֶּדֶר (ge.der) · Strong's: H1444
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wall
Used 2 times. Also: Ezekiel 42:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1444; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 8
אֲבָנָ֣יו'a.va.Navstones its
Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: stone
Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 9
נֶהֱרָֽסָה\׃ne.he.Ra.sahit was broken down
Lemma: הָרַס (ha.ras) · Strong's: H2040
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)
Meaning: to overthrow
Used 43 times. Also: Exodus 15:7, Exodus 19:21, Exodus 19:24, Exodus 23:24, Judges 6:25, 2 Samuel 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2040; TAHOT Proverbs 24:31 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Thorns | → | קִמָּשׂוֹן H7063 thorn |
| had grown up | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| everywhere | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| thistles | → | חָרוּל H2738 nettle |
| had covered | → | כָּסָה H3680 to cover |
| the ground | → | פָּנֶה H6440J face: surface |
| and the stone | → | אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone |
| wall | → | גֶּדֶר H1444 wall |
| was broken down | → | הָרַס H2040 to overthrow |
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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