Proverbs 27:24 Go deeper
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For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 27:24 word 1
לֹ֣אlo'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 27:24 word 2
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lam[is] for ever
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Proverbs 27:24 word 3
חֹ֑סֶןCho.senwealth
Lemma: חֹ֫סֶן (cho.sen) · Strong's: H2633
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wealth
Used 5 times. Also: Proverbs 15:6, Isaiah 33:6, Jeremiah 20:5, Ezekiel 22:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2633; TAHOT Proverbs 27:24 word 4
וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518I
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely yes
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 24:38, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 31:52, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 47:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518I; TAHOT Proverbs 27:24 word 5
נֵ֝֗זֶרNe.zera crown
Lemma: נֵ֫זֶר (ne.zer) · Strong's: H5145H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: consecration: crown
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 29:6, Exodus 39:30, Leviticus 8:9, Leviticus 21:12, 2 Samuel 1:10, 2 Kings 11:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5145H; TAHOT Proverbs 27:24 word 6
לְד֣וֹרle.Dorto a generation
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Proverbs 27:24 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| riches | → | חֹ֫סֶן H2633 wealth |
| [are] not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| forever | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
| nor does | → | אִם H0518I if: surely yes |
| a crown | → | נֵ֫זֶר H5145H consecration: crown |
| [endure] to every | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
| generation | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
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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