Proverbs 30:2 Go deeper

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כִּ֤יkithat

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 30:2 word 1

בַ֣עַרVa.'ar[am] stupid

Lemma: בַּ֫עַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1198

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: stupid

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 92:6, Proverbs 12:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1198; TAHOT Proverbs 30:2 word 2

אָנֹכִ֣י'a.no.KhiI

Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Proverbs 30:2 word 3

מֵאִ֑ישׁme.'Ishmore than anyone

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man: anyone

Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Proverbs 30:2 word 4

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and 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 30:2 word 5

בִינַ֖תvi.Nat[the] understanding of

Lemma: בִּינָה (bi.nah) · Strong's: H0998

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: understanding

Used 38 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:6, 1 Chronicles 12:32, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 2 Chronicles 2:12, 2 Chronicles 2:13, Job 20:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0998; TAHOT Proverbs 30:2 word 6

אָדָ֣ם'a.Dama person

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Surely	→	כִּי H3588A for
I [am]	→	אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I
the most ignorant	→	בַּ֫עַר H1198 stupid
of men	→	אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone
and I lack	→	לֹא H3808 not
the understanding	→	בִּינָה H0998 understanding
of a man	→	אָדָם H0120G man

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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