Proverbs 28:24 Go deeper
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Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. (KJV)
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גּוֹזֵ֤ל\׀go.Zel[one who] robs
Lemma: גָּזַל (ga.zal) · Strong's: H1497
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to plunder
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 21:25, Genesis 31:31, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1497; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 1
אָ֘בִ֤יו'a.Vivfather his
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 2
וְאִמּ֗וֹve.'i.Moand mother his
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 3
וְאֹמֵ֥רve.'o.Merand [one who] says
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 4
אֵֽין\־'ein-there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 5
פָּ֑שַׁעPa.sha'[is] a transgression
Lemma: פֶּ֫שַׁע (pe.sah) · Strong's: H6588
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: transgression
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 22:9, Exodus 23:21, Exodus 34:7, Leviticus 16:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6588; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 6
חָבֵ֥רcha.Ver[is] a companion
Lemma: חָבֵר (cha.ver) · Strong's: H2270
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: companion
Used 9 times. Also: Judges 20:11, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 119:63, Ecclesiastes 4:10, Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2270; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 7
ה֝֗וּאHu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 8
לְאִ֣ישׁle.'Ishof a person of
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 9
מַשְׁחִֽית\׃mash.Chitdestruction
Lemma: שָׁחַת (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7843
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to ruin
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7843; TAHOT Proverbs 28:24 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He who robs | → | גָּזַל H1497 to plunder |
| his father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| or mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| saying | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| It is not | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| wrong | → | פֶּ֫שַׁע H6588 transgression |
| is a companion | → | חָבֵר H2270 companion |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| to the man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| who destroys | → | שָׁחַת H7843 to ruin |
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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