Proverbs 28:7 Go deeper

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. (KJV)

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נוֹצֵ֣רno.Tzer[one who] keeps

Lemma: נָצַר (na.tsar) · Strong's: H5341

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

Meaning: to watch

Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 33:9, 2 Kings 17:9, 2 Kings 18:8, Job 7:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5341; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 1

תּ֭וֹרָהTo.rah[the] law

Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451

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

Meaning: instruction

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 2

בֵּ֣ןben[is] a son

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

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

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 3

מֵבִ֑יןme.Vinunderstanding

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

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

Meaning: to understand

Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 4

וְרֹעֶהve.ro.'ehand [one who] associates with

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462C

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

Meaning: to accompany

Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 37:3, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 22:24, Proverbs 29:3, Isaiah 11:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7462C; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 5

זֽ֝וֹלְלִ֗יםzo.Limgluttons

Lemma: זָלַל (za.lal) · Strong's: H2151B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: be vile

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:21, Jeremiah 15:19, Lamentations 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2151B; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 6

יַכְלִ֥יםyakh.Limhe shames

Lemma: כָּלַם (ka.lam) · Strong's: H3637

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)

Meaning: be humiliated

Used 38 times. Also: Numbers 12:14, Judges 18:7, Ruth 2:15, 1 Samuel 20:34, 1 Samuel 25:7, 1 Samuel 25:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3637; TAHOT Proverbs 28:7 word 7

אָבִֽיו\׃'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 28:7 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

A discerning	→	בִּין H0995 to understand
son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
keeps	→	נָצַר H5341 to watch
the law	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction
but a companion	→	רָעָה H7462C to accompany
of gluttons	→	זָלַל H2151B be vile
disgraces	→	כָּלַם H3637 be humiliated
his father	→	אָב H0001G father

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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