Proverbs 29:21 Go deeper
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He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. (KJV)
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מְפַנֵּ֣קme.fa.Nek[one who] pampers
Lemma: פָּנַק (pa.naq) · Strong's: H6445
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to pamper
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6445; TAHOT Proverbs 29:21 word 1
מִנֹּ֣עַרmi.No.'arfrom youth
Lemma: נֹ֫עַר (no.ar) · Strong's: H5290
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: youth
Used 4 times. Also: Job 33:25, Job 36:14, Psalms 88:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5290; TAHOT Proverbs 29:21 word 2
עַבְדּ֑וֹav.Doslave his
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 29:21 word 3
וְ֝אַחֲרִית֗וֹve.'a.cha.ri.Toand end his
Lemma: אַחֲרִית (a.cha.rit) · Strong's: H0319
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: end
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 49:1, Numbers 23:10, Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 8:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0319; TAHOT Proverbs 29:21 word 4
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Proverbs 29:21 word 5
מָנֽוֹן\׃ma.Nontrouble
Lemma: מָנוֹן (ma.non) · Strong's: H4497
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: progeny
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4497; TAHOT Proverbs 29:21 word 6
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 |
| pampered | → | פָּנַק H6445 to pamper |
| from his youth | → | נֹ֫עַר H5290 youth |
| will bring | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| grief | → | מָנוֹן H4497 progeny |
| in the end | → | אַחֲרִית H0319 end |
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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