Proverbs 30:23 Go deeper

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (KJV)

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תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunder

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 30:23 word 1

שְׂ֭נוּאָהSe.nu.'aha hated [woman]

Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsfsa)

Meaning: to hate

Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 30:23 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 30:23 word 3

תִבָּעֵ֑לti.ba.'Elshe will be married

Lemma: בָּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1166I

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)

Meaning: rule: to marry

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 20:3, Deuteronomy 22:22, Deuteronomy 24:1, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 62:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1166I; TAHOT Proverbs 30:23 word 4

וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗הve.shif.Chahand a female servant

Lemma: שִׁפְחָה (shiph.chah) · Strong's: H8198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: maidservant

Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 16:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8198; TAHOT Proverbs 30:23 word 5

כִּֽי\־ki-for

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 30:23 word 6

תִירַ֥שׁti.Rashshe will dispossess

Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to possess: take

Used 188 times. Also: Genesis 15:7, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 15:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3423H; TAHOT Proverbs 30:23 word 7

גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ\׃\ \פge.vir.Tahmistress her

Lemma: גְּבֶ֫רֶת (ge.ve.ret) · Strong's: H1404

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

Meaning: lady

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 16:9, 2 Kings 5:3, Psalms 123:2, Isaiah 24:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1404; TAHOT Proverbs 30:23 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

an unloved woman	→	שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate
who	→	כִּי H3588A for
marries	→	בָּעַל H1166I rule: to marry
and a maidservant	→	שִׁפְחָה H8198 maidservant
who	→	כִּי H3588A for
supplants	→	יָרַשׁ H3423H to possess: take
her mistress	→	גְּבֶ֫רֶת H1404 lady

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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