Proverbs 29:19 Go deeper
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A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. (KJV)
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בִּ֭דְבָרִיםBid.va.rimby words
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Proverbs 29:19 word 1
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 29:19 word 2
יִוָּ֣סֶרyi.Va.serhe will let himself be instructed
Lemma: יָסַר (ya.sar) · Strong's: H3256
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to discipline
Used 43 times. Also: Leviticus 26:18, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 8:5, Deuteronomy 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3256; TAHOT Proverbs 29:19 word 3
עָ֑בֶד'A.veda slave
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Proverbs 29:19 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 29:19 word 5
יָ֝בִ֗יןya.Vinhe will understand
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
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 29:19 word 6
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand 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 29:19 word 7
מַעֲנֶֽה\׃ma.'a.Neh[will be one who] answers
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Proverbs 29:19 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A servant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| cannot | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| be corrected | → | יָסַר H3256 to discipline |
| by words [alone] | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| though | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he understands | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| he will not | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| respond | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
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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