Proverbs 26:19 Go deeper
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So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? (KJV)
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כֵּֽן\־ken-so
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 26:19 word 1
אִ֭ישׁ'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 26:19 word 2
רִמָּ֣הri.Mah[who] he deceives
Lemma: רָמָה (ra.mah) · Strong's: H7411B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to deceive
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 29:25, Joshua 9:22, 1 Samuel 19:17, 1 Samuel 28:12, 2 Samuel 19:26, 1 Chronicles 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7411B; TAHOT Proverbs 26:19 word 3
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Proverbs 26:19 word 4
רֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huneighbor his
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 26:19 word 5
וְ֝אָמַ֗רve.'a.Marand he says
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Proverbs 26:19 word 6
הֲֽלֹא\־halo'-¿ 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 26:19 word 7
מְשַׂחֵ֥קme.sa.Chekjesting
Lemma: שָׂחַק (sa.chaq) · Strong's: H7832
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to laugh
Used 36 times. Also: Judges 16:25, Judges 16:27, 1 Samuel 18:7, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 6:5, 2 Samuel 6:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7832; TAHOT Proverbs 26:19 word 8
אָֽנִי\׃'A.ni[was] I
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Proverbs 26:19 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| so | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| is the man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| who deceives | → | רָמָה H7411B to deceive |
| his neighbor | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| and says | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| was only | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| joking | → | שָׂחַק H7832 to laugh |
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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