Proverbs 26:23 Go deeper

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. (KJV)

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כֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefsilver of

Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G

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

Meaning: silver: money

Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 1

סִ֭יגִיםSi.gimdross<es>

Lemma: סִיג (sig) · Strong's: H5509

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

Meaning: dross

Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 119:119, Proverbs 25:4, Isaiah 1:22, Isaiah 1:25, Ezekiel 22:18, Ezekiel 22:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5509; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 2

מְצֻפֶּ֣הme.tzu.Pehoverlaid

Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6823

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)

Meaning: to overlay

Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 26:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6823; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 3

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 4

חָ֑רֶשׂCha.researthenware

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶשׂ (che.re.s) · Strong's: H2789

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

Meaning: earthenware

Used 17 times. Also: Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 11:33, Leviticus 14:5, Leviticus 14:50, Leviticus 15:12, Numbers 5:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2789; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 5

שְׂפָתַ֖יִםse.fa.Ta.yimlips

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: lips

Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 6

דֹּלְקִ֣יםdo.le.Kimburning

Lemma: דָּלַק (da.laq) · Strong's: H1814

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to burn/pursue

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 31:36, 1 Samuel 17:53, Psalms 7:13, Psalms 10:2, Isaiah 5:11, Lamentations 4:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1814; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 7

וְלֶב\־ve.lev-and a heart of

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 8

רָֽע\׃Ra'evil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H

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

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Proverbs 26:23 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Like glaze	→	כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money
. . .	→	סִיג H5509 dross
covering	→	צָפָה H6823 to overlay
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
an earthen vessel	→	חֶ֫רֶשׂ H2789 earthenware
are burning	→	דָּלַק H1814 to burn/pursue
lips	→	שָׂפָה H8193G lips
and a wicked	→	רַע H7451H bad: evil
heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart

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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