Proverbs 30:22 Go deeper

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; (KJV)

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תַּֽחַת\־ta.chat-under

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: underneath: instead

Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Proverbs 30:22 word 1

עֶ֭בֶד'E.veda slave

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

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

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 30:22 word 2

כִּ֣יkifor

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 30:22 word 3

יִמְל֑וֹךְyim.Lokhhe will become king

Lemma: מָלַךְ (ma.lakh) · Strong's: H4427A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to reign

Used 344 times. Also: Genesis 36:31, Genesis 36:32, Genesis 36:33, Genesis 36:34, Genesis 36:35, Genesis 36:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4427A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:22 word 4

וְ֝נָבָ֗לve.na.Valand a fool

Lemma: נָבָל (na.val) · Strong's: H5036

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: foolish

Used 18 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:6, Deuteronomy 32:21, 2 Samuel 3:33, 2 Samuel 13:13, Job 2:10, Job 30:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5036; TAHOT Proverbs 30:22 word 5

כִּ֣יkifor

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 30:22 word 6

יִֽשְׂבַּֽע\־yis.ba'-he will be satisfied

Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) · Strong's: H7646

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to satisfy

Used 97 times. Also: Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:10, Deuteronomy 8:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7646; TAHOT Proverbs 30:22 word 7

לָֽחֶם\׃La.chemfood

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G

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

Meaning: food

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:22 word 8

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
who	→	כִּי H3588A for
becomes king	→	מָלַךְ H4427A to reign
a fool	→	נָבָל H5036 foolish
who	→	כִּי H3588A for
is filled	→	שָׂבֵעַ H7646 to satisfy
with food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food

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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