Proverbs 29:12 Go deeper

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מֹ֭שֵׁלMo.shela ruler

Lemma: מָשַׁל (ma.shal) · Strong's: H4910

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

Meaning: to rule

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 37:8, Genesis 45:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4910; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 1

מַקְשִׁ֣יבmak.Shiv[who] pays attention

Lemma: קָשַׁב (qa.shav) · Strong's: H7181

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

Meaning: to listen

Used 46 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Nehemiah 9:34, Job 13:6, Job 33:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7181; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 2

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 3

דְּבַר\־de.var-a word of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697M

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

Meaning: word: because

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 43:18, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 18:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697M; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 4

שָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

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

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 5

כָּֽל\־kal-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 6

מְשָׁרְתָ֥יוme.sha.re.Tavservants his

Lemma: שָׁרַת (sha.rat) · Strong's: H8334

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)

Meaning: to minister

Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 39:4, Genesis 40:4, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 28:35, Exodus 28:43, Exodus 29:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8334; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 7

רְשָׁעִֽים\׃re.sha.'Im[will be] wicked

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 29:12 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

If a ruler	→	מָשַׁל H4910 to rule
listens	→	קָשַׁב H7181 to listen
to	→	עַל H5921A upon
lies	→	דָּבָר H1697M word: because
. . .	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception
all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
his officials	→	שָׁרַת H8334 to minister
will be wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

All attributions

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).

All attributions and changes