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Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself . (KJV)

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צֹפְנֶ֥יהָtzo.fe.Nei.ha[those who] hide her

Lemma: צָפַן (tsa.phan) · Strong's: H6845

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: to treasure

Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Joshua 2:4, Job 10:13, Job 14:13, Job 15:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6845; TAHOT Proverbs 27:16 word 1

צָֽפַן\־tza.fan-he hides

Lemma: צָפַן (tsa.phan) · Strong's: H6845

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to treasure

Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Joshua 2:4, Job 10:13, Job 14:13, Job 15:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6845; TAHOT Proverbs 27:16 word 2

ר֑וּחַRu.ach[the] wind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Proverbs 27:16 word 3

וְשֶׁ֖מֶןve.She.menand oil

Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) · Strong's: H8081

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

Meaning: oil

Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 25:6, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8081; TAHOT Proverbs 27:16 word 4

יְמִינ֣וֹye.mi.Noright [hand] his

Lemma: יָמִין (ya.min) · Strong's: H3225G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: right

Used 123 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14, Genesis 48:17, Genesis 48:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3225G; TAHOT Proverbs 27:16 word 5

יִקְרָֽא\׃yik.Ra'it meets

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7122H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to encounter: toward

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 15:10, Exodus 14:27, Numbers 20:18, Numbers 20:20, Numbers 21:23, Numbers 21:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7122H; TAHOT Proverbs 27:16 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

restraining her	→	צָפַן H6845 to treasure
is like holding back	→	צָפַן H6845 to treasure
the wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath
or grasping	→	קָרָא H7122H to encounter: toward
oil	→	שֶׁ֫מֶן H8081 oil
with one’s right hand	→	יָמִין H3225G right

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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