Proverbs 25:11 Go deeper

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

תַּפּוּחֵ֣יta.pu.Cheiapples of

Lemma: תַּפּוּחַ (tap.pu.ach) · Strong's: H8598

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: apple

Used 6 times. Also: Song of Solomon 2:3, Song of Solomon 2:5, Song of Solomon 7:8, Song of Solomon 8:5, Joel 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8598; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 1

זָ֭הָבza.hogold

Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091

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

Meaning: gold

Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 2

בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתbe.mas.ki.Yotin settings of

Lemma: מַשְׂכִּית (mas.kit) · Strong's: H4906

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: figure

Used 6 times. Also: Leviticus 26:1, Numbers 33:52, Psalms 73:7, Proverbs 18:11, Ezekiel 8:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4906; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 3

כָּ֑סֶףKa.sefsilver

Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G

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

Meaning: silver: money

Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 4

דָּ֝בָ֗רda.Vara word

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

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

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 5

דָּבֻ֥רda.Vurspoken

Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to speak: speak

Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 6

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 7

אָפְנָֽיו\׃'a.fe.Navproper times its

Lemma: אֹ֫פֶן (o.phen) · Strong's: H0655

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: (right) time

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0655; TAHOT Proverbs 25:11 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

A word	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
fitly	→	אֹ֫פֶן H0655 (right) time
spoken	→	דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak
[is like] apples	→	תַּפּוּחַ H8598 apple
of gold	→	זָהָב H2091 gold
in settings	→	מַשְׂכִּית H4906 figure
of silver	→	כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money

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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