Proverbs 28:14 Go deeper

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. (KJV)

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אַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.Reihow blessed!

Lemma: אֶ֫שֶׁר (e.sher) · Strong's: H0835

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: blessed

Used 45 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:29, 1 Kings 10:8, 2 Chronicles 9:7, Job 5:17, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 2:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0835; TAHOT Proverbs 28:14 word 1

אָ֭דָם'A.dom[is] a 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 28:14 word 2

מְפַחֵ֣דme.fa.Ched[who] fears

Lemma: פָּחַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6342

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)

Meaning: to dread

Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:66, Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 3:25, Job 4:14, Job 23:15, Psalms 14:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6342; TAHOT Proverbs 28:14 word 3

תָּמִ֑ידta.Midcontinually

Lemma: תָּמִיד (ta.mid) · Strong's: H8548

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

Meaning: continually

Used 104 times. Also: Exodus 25:30, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:38, Exodus 29:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8548; TAHOT Proverbs 28:14 word 4

וּמַקְשֶׁ֥הu.mak.Shehand [one who] hardens

Lemma: קָשָׁה (qa.shah) · Strong's: H7185

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to harden

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 35:16, Genesis 35:17, Genesis 49:7, Exodus 7:3, Exodus 13:15, Deuteronomy 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7185; TAHOT Proverbs 28:14 word 5

לִ֝בּ֗וֹli.Boheart his

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 28:14 word 6

יִפּ֥וֹלyi.Polhe will fall

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

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

Meaning: to fall: fall

Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Proverbs 28:14 word 7

בְּרָעָֽה\׃be.ra.'Ahin calamity

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C

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

Meaning: distress: harm

Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Proverbs 28:14 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Blessed	→	אֶ֫שֶׁר H0835 blessed
[is] the man	→	אָדָם H0120G man
who is always	→	תָּמִיד H8548 continually
reverent	→	פָּחַד H6342 to dread
but he who hardens	→	קָשָׁה H7185 to harden
his heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
falls	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
into trouble	→	רָעָה H7451C distress: harm

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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