Proverbs 25:28 Go deeper

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. (KJV)

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עִ֣יר'ira city

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

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

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Proverbs 25:28 word 1

פְּ֭רוּצָהPe.ru.tzahbroken into

Lemma: פָּרַץ (pa.rats) · Strong's: H6555

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsfsa)

Meaning: to break through

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 28:14, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 38:29, Exodus 1:12, Exodus 19:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6555; TAHOT Proverbs 25:28 word 2

אֵ֣ין'einthere not

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

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

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 25:28 word 3

חוֹמָ֑הcho.Mah[is] a wall

Lemma: חוֹמָה (cho.mah) · Strong's: H2346G

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

Meaning: wall

Used 130 times. Also: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:30, Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2346G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:28 word 4

אִ֝֗ישׁ'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 25:28 word 5

אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sherwhom

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Proverbs 25:28 word 6

אֵ֖ין'einnot

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

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

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 25:28 word 7

מַעְצָ֣רma'.Tzarcontrol

Lemma: מַעְצָר (ma.tsar) · Strong's: H4623

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

Meaning: restraint

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4623; TAHOT Proverbs 25:28 word 8

לְרוּחֽוֹ\׃le.ru.Cho[belongs] to spirit his

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307J

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

Meaning: spirit: temper

Used 10 times. Also: Judges 8:3, 2 Chronicles 21:16, Job 21:4, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 29:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307J; TAHOT Proverbs 25:28 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Like a city	→	עִיר H5892B city
whose walls	→	חוֹמָה H2346G wall
are broken down	→	פָּרַץ H6555 to break through
is a man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
who	→	אֲשֶׁר H0834A which
. . .	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
does not	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
control	→	מַעְצָר H4623 restraint
his temper	→	רוּחַ H7307J spirit: temper

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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