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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. (KJV)
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דּ֭וֹרDora generation
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Proverbs 30:12 word 1
טָה֣וֹרta.Hor[is] pure
Lemma: טָהוֹר (ta.hor) · Strong's: H2889
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: pure
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2889; TAHOT Proverbs 30:12 word 2
בְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.Navin own eyes its
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:12 word 3
וּ֝מִצֹּאָת֗וֹu.mi.tzo.'a.Toand from excrement its
Lemma: צֹאָה (tso.ah) · Strong's: H6675
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: filth
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 4:4, Isaiah 28:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6675; TAHOT Proverbs 30:12 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 30:12 word 5
רֻחָֽץ\׃ru.Chatzit has been washed
Lemma: רָחַץ (ra.chats) · Strong's: H7364
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPp3ms)
Meaning: to wash: wash
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 43:24, Genesis 43:31, Exodus 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7364; TAHOT Proverbs 30:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There is a generation | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
| of those who are pure | → | טָהוֹר H2889 pure |
| in their own eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| and yet unwashed | → | רָחַץ H7364 to wash: wash |
| of their filth | → | צֹאָה H6675 filth |
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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