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The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; (KJV)

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שְׁ֭פַנִּיםShe.fa.nimrock badgers

Lemma: שָׁפָן (sha.phan) · Strong's: H8227A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: rock badger

Used 4 times. Also: Leviticus 11:5, Deuteronomy 14:7, Psalms 104:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8227A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:26 word 1

עַ֣ם'am[are] a people

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

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

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:26 word 2

לֹא\־lo'-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 30:26 word 3

עָצ֑וּם'a.Tzummighty

Lemma: עָצוּם (a.tsum) · Strong's: H6099

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

Meaning: mighty

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 18:18, Exodus 1:9, Numbers 14:12, Numbers 22:6, Numbers 32:1, Deuteronomy 4:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6099; TAHOT Proverbs 30:26 word 4

וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּvai.ya.Si.muand they made

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:26 word 5

בַסֶּ֣לַעva.Se.la'in the rock[s]

Lemma: סֶ֫לַע (se.la) · Strong's: H5553H

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

Meaning: crag

Used 56 times. Also: Numbers 20:8, Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 32:13, Judges 6:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5553H; TAHOT Proverbs 30:26 word 6

בֵּיתָֽם\׃bei.Tamhome their

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

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

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Proverbs 30:26 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

the rock badgers	→	שָׁפָן H8227A rock badger
are creatures	→	עַם H5971A people
of little	→	לֹא H3808 not
power	→	עָצוּם H6099 mighty
yet they make	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
their homes	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
in the rocks	→	סֶ֫לַע H5553H crag

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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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