Proverbs 26:18 Go deeper

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, (KJV)

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כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּKe.mit.lah.le.ahlike a madman

Lemma: לִהְלֵהַּ (lih.le.ah) · Strong's: H3856B

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

Meaning: to amaze

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3856B; TAHOT Proverbs 26:18 word 1

הַיֹּרֶ֥הhai.yo.Rehwho throws

Lemma: יָרָא (ya.ra) · Strong's: H3384A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to shoot

Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 15:4, Exodus 19:13, Numbers 21:30, Joshua 18:6, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3384A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:18 word 2

זִקִּ֗יםzi.Kimburning arrows

Lemma: זֵק (zi.qah) · Strong's: H2131A

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

Meaning: missile

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 50:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2131A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:18 word 3

חִצִּ֥יםchi.Tzimarrows

Lemma: חֵץ (chets) · Strong's: H2671

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

Meaning: arrow

Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2671; TAHOT Proverbs 26:18 word 4

וָמָֽוֶת\׃va.Ma.vetand death

Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194

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

Meaning: death

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Proverbs 26:18 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

Like a madman	→	לִהְלֵהַּ H3856B to amaze
shooting	→	יָרָא H3384A to shoot
firebrands	→	זֵק H2131A missile
and deadly	→	מָ֫וֶת H4194 death
arrows	→	חֵץ H2671 arrow

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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