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Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. (KJV)

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נְשִׂיאִ֣יםne.si.'Imclouds

Lemma: נָשִׂיא (na.si) · Strong's: H5387B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: mist

Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 135:7, Jeremiah 10:13, Jeremiah 51:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5387B; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 1

וְ֭רוּחַVe.Ru.achand wind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 2

וְגֶ֣שֶׁםve.Ge.shemand [is] rain

Lemma: גֶּ֫שֶׁם (ge.shem) · Strong's: H1653

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

Meaning: rain

Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 7:12, Genesis 8:2, Leviticus 26:4, 1 Kings 17:7, 1 Kings 17:14, 1 Kings 18:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1653; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 3

אָ֑יִן'A.yinthere not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 4

אִ֥ישׁ'isha person

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

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

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 5

מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗לmit.ha.Lel[who] boasts

Lemma: הָלַל (ha.lal) · Strong's: H1984H

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVtrmsa)

Meaning: to boast: boast

Used 24 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:11, 1 Chronicles 16:10, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 34:2, Psalms 44:8, Psalms 49:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1984H; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 6

בְּמַתַּת\־be.ma.tat-in a gift of

Lemma: מַתַּת (mat.tat) · Strong's: H4991

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

Meaning: gift

Used 6 times. Also: 1 Kings 13:7, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 5:19, Ezekiel 46:5, Ezekiel 46:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4991; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 7

שָֽׁקֶר\׃Sha.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

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

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Proverbs 25:14 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

[Like] clouds	→	נָשִׂיא H5387B mist
and wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath
without	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
rain	→	גֶּ֫שֶׁם H1653 rain
[is] the man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
who boasts	→	הָלַל H1984H to boast: boast
of gifts	→	מַתַּת H4991 gift
never given	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception

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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