Proverbs 27:19 Go deeper

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כַּ֭מַּיִםKa.ma.yimlike <the> water

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

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

Meaning: water

Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Proverbs 27:19 word 1

הַפָּנִ֣יםha.pa.Nimthe face

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

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

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Proverbs 27:19 word 2

לַפָּנִ֑יםla.pa.Nimto the face

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

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

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Proverbs 27:19 word 3

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 27:19 word 4

לֵֽב\־lev-[the] 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 27:19 word 5

הָ֝אָדָ֗םha.'a.Damthe person

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

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

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Proverbs 27:19 word 6

לָאָדָֽם\׃la.'a.Damto the person

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

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

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Proverbs 27:19 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

As water	→	מַי H4325G water
reflects the face	→	פָּנֶה H6440H face
. . .	→	פָּנֶה H6440H face
so	→	כֵּן H3651C so
the heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
reflects the true man	→	אָדָם H0120G man
. . .	→	אָדָם H0120G man

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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