Proverbs 29:18 Go deeper

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (KJV)

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בְּאֵ֣יןbe.'Einwhen 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 29:18 word 1

חָ֭זוֹןCha.zon[is] vision

Lemma: חָזוֹן (cha.zon) · Strong's: H2377

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

Meaning: vision

Used 35 times. Also: 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Chronicles 17:15, 2 Chronicles 32:32, Psalms 89:19, Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 29:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2377; TAHOT Proverbs 29:18 word 2

יִפָּ֣רַֽעyi.Pa.ra'it is let loose

Lemma: פָּרַע (pa.ra) · Strong's: H6544B

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to neglect

Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 5:4, Exodus 32:25, Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 21:10, Numbers 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6544B; TAHOT Proverbs 29:18 word 3

עָ֑ם'Ama people

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

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

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Proverbs 29:18 word 4

וְשֹׁמֵ֖רve.sho.Merand [one who] keeps

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G

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

Meaning: to keep: obey

Used 202 times. Also: Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 37:11, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104G; TAHOT Proverbs 29:18 word 5

תּוֹרָ֣הto.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 29:18 word 6

אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ\׃'ash.Re.huhow blessed [is] he

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 29:18 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Where [there is] no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
vision	→	חָזוֹן H2377 vision
the people	→	עַם H5971A people
cast off restraint	→	פָּרַע H6544B to neglect
but blessed [is]	→	אֶ֫שֶׁר H0835 blessed
he who keeps	→	שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey
the Law	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction

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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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