Proverbs 25:9 Go deeper

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

רִֽ֭יבְךָRi.ve.khaown case your

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379

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

Meaning: strife

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 word 1

רִ֣יבrivconduct

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to contend

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 word 2

אֶת\־'et-with

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 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 25:9 word 4

וְס֖וֹדve.Sodand [the] secret of

Lemma: סוֹד (sod) · Strong's: H5475

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

Meaning: counsel

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 49:6, Job 15:8, Job 19:19, Job 29:4, Psalms 25:14, Psalms 55:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5475; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 word 5

אַחֵ֣ר'a.Cheranother [person]

Lemma: אַחֵר (a.cher) · Strong's: H0312

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: another

Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0312; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 word 6

אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 word 7

תְּגָֽל\׃te.Galyou reveal

Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpj2ms)

Meaning: to reveal: reveal

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 35:7, Deuteronomy 29:29, Ruth 4:4, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 3:7, 1 Samuel 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1540H; TAHOT Proverbs 25:9 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Argue	→	רִיב H7379 strife
your case	→	רִיב H7378 to contend
with	→	אֵת H0854 with
your neighbor	→	רֵעַ H7453 neighbor
without	→	אַל H0408 not
betraying	→	גָּלָה H1540H to reveal: reveal
another’s	→	אַחֵר H0312 another
confidence	→	סוֹד H5475 counsel

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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