Proverbs 26:1 Go deeper
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. (KJV)
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כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג\׀ka.She.leglike <the> snow
Lemma: שֶׁ֫לֶג (she.leg) · Strong's: H7950
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: snow
Used 20 times. Also: Exodus 4:6, Numbers 12:10, 2 Samuel 23:20, 2 Kings 5:27, 1 Chronicles 11:22, Job 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7950; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 1
בַּקַּ֗יִץba.Ka.yitzin the summer
Lemma: קַ֫יִץ (qa.yits) · Strong's: H7019
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: summer
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:2, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 74:17, Proverbs 6:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7019; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 2
וְכַמָּטָ֥רve.kha.ma.Tarand like <the> rain
Lemma: מָטַר (ma.tar) · Strong's: H4306
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rain
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34, Deuteronomy 11:11, Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4306; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 3
בַּקָּצִ֑ירba.ka.Tzirat the harvest
Lemma: קָצִיר (qa.tsir) · Strong's: H7105A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: harvest
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, Genesis 30:14, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:21, Exodus 34:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7105A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 4
כֵּ֤ןkenso
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 5
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 6
נָאוֶ֖הna.Veh[is] suitable
Lemma: נָאוֶה (na.eh) · Strong's: H5000
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: lovely
Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 33:1, Psalms 147:1, Proverbs 17:7, Proverbs 19:10, Song of Solomon 1:5, Song of Solomon 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5000; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 7
לִכְסִ֣ילlikh.Silfor a fool
Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: fool
Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 8
כָּבֽוֹד\׃ka.Vodhonor
Lemma: כָּבוֹד (ka.vod) · Strong's: H3519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: glory
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 31:1, Genesis 45:13, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3519; TAHOT Proverbs 26:1 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Like snow | → | שֶׁ֫לֶג H7950 snow |
| in summer | → | קַ֫יִץ H7019 summer |
| and rain | → | מָטַר H4306 rain |
| at harvest | → | קָצִיר H7105A harvest |
| . . . | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| honor | → | כָּבוֹד H3519 glory |
| does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| befit | → | נָאוֶה H5000 lovely |
| a fool | → | כְּסִיל H3684 fool |
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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