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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. (KJV)
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הֹקַ֣רho.Karmake rare
Lemma: יָקַר (ya.qar) · Strong's: H3365
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: be precious
Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:30, 1 Samuel 26:21, 2 Kings 1:13, 2 Kings 1:14, Psalms 49:8, Psalms 72:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3365; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 1
רַ֭גְלְךָRag.le.khafoot your
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 2
מִבֵּ֣יתmi.Beitfrom [the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 3
רֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaneighbor your
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 4
פֶּן\־pen-lest
Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: lest
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 5
יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗yis.ba.'a.khahe should be surfeited with you
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) · Strong's: H7646
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to satisfy
Used 97 times. Also: Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:10, Deuteronomy 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7646; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 6
וּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ\׃u.se.ne.'E.khaand he will hate you
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 25:17 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Seldom | → | יָקַר H3365 be precious |
| set foot | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
| in your neighbor’s | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| lest | → | פֶּן־ H6435 lest |
| he grow weary | → | שָׂבֵעַ H7646 to satisfy |
| and hate you | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
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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