Proverbs 28:6 Go deeper

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. (KJV)

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טֽוֹב\־tov-[is] good

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 1

רָ֭שׁrasha poor [person]

Lemma: רוּשׁ (rush) · Strong's: H7326

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: be poor

Used 24 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:23, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 82:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7326; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 2

הוֹלֵ֣ךְho.Lekh[who] walks

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to go: walk

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 3

בְּתֻמּ֑וֹbe.tu.Moin integrity his

Lemma: תֹּם (tom) · Strong's: H8537

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

Meaning: integrity

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, 2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 22:34, 2 Chronicles 18:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8537; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 4

מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁme.'i.Keshmore than [the] [person] perverse

Lemma: עִקֵּשׁ (iq.qesh) · Strong's: H6141

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: twisted

Used 11 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:5, 2 Samuel 22:27, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 101:4, Proverbs 2:15, Proverbs 8:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6141; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 5

דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִםde.ra.Kha.yimof two ways

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Absolute (HNcbda)

Meaning: way: conduct

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 6

וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and 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 28:6 word 7

עָשִֽׁיר\׃'a.Shir[is] rich

Lemma: עָשִׁיר (a.shir) · Strong's: H6223

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: rich

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 30:15, Ruth 3:10, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:2, 2 Samuel 12:4, Job 27:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6223; TAHOT Proverbs 28:6 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Better	→	טוֹב H2896A pleasant
a poor man	→	רוּשׁ H7326 be poor
who walks	→	הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk
with integrity	→	תֹּם H8537 integrity
than a rich man	→	עָשִׁיר H6223 rich
whose ways	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
are perverse	→	עִקֵּשׁ H6141 twisted

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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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