Proverbs 3:15 Go deeper

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. (KJV)

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יְקָ֣רָהye.Ka.rah[is] precious

Lemma: יָקָר (ya.qar) · Strong's: H3368

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: precious

Used 35 times. Also: 1 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 7:9, 1 Kings 7:10, 1 Kings 7:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3368; TAHOT Proverbs 3:15 word 1

הִ֭יאhi'she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 3:15 word 2

וְכָל\־ve.kholand 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 3:15 word 3

חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָcha.fa.Tzei.khapleasures your

Lemma: חֵ֫פֶץ (che.phets) · Strong's: H2656

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: pleasure

Used 39 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 18:25, 2 Samuel 23:5, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Kings 5:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2656; TAHOT Proverbs 3:15 word 4

לֹ֣אlo'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 3:15 word 5

יִֽשְׁווּ\־yish.vu-they compare

Lemma: שָׁוָה (sha.vah) · Strong's: H7737A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: be like

Used 14 times. Also: Esther 3:8, Esther 5:13, Esther 7:4, Job 33:27, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 131:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7737A; TAHOT Proverbs 3:15 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

She	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is more precious	→	יָקָר H3368 precious
than rubies	→	פְּנִינִים H6443 jewel
nothing	→	כֹּל H3605 all
. . .	→	לֹא H3808 not
you desire	→	חֵ֫פֶץ H2656 pleasure
compares	→	שָׁוָה H7737A be like
with her	→

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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