Proverbs 30:13 Go deeper

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. (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 30:13 word 1

מָה\־mah-how!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Proverbs 30:13 word 2

רָמ֣וּra.Muthey are raised

Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to exalt

Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:13 word 3

עֵינָ֑יו'ei.Naveyes 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 30:13 word 4

וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יוve.'af.'a.Pavand eyelids its

Lemma: עַפְעַף (aph.aph) · Strong's: H6079

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

Meaning: eyelid

Used 10 times. Also: Job 3:9, Job 16:16, Job 41:18, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6079; TAHOT Proverbs 30:13 word 5

יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ\׃yi.na.Se.'uthey are lifted up

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375M

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNi3mp)

Meaning: to lift: look

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 22:4, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 24:63 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375M; TAHOT Proverbs 30:13 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
how	→	מָה H4100 what?
haughty	→	רוּם H7311A to exalt
are their eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
and pretentious	→	נָשָׂא H5375M to lift: look
are their glances	→	עַפְעַף H6079 eyelid

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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