Proverbs 30:8 Go deeper
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Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: (KJV)
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שָׁ֤וְא\׀shav'deceitfulness
Lemma: שָׁוְא (shav) · Strong's: H7723G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: vanity: false
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 5:20, Job 11:11, Job 31:5, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 24:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7723G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 1
וּֽדְבַר\־u.de.var-and a word of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word: because
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 43:18, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 18:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697M; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 2
כָּזָ֡בka.Zavfalsehood
Lemma: כָּזָב (ka.zav) · Strong's: H3577
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lie
Used 31 times. Also: Judges 16:10, Judges 16:13, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 5:6, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 58:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3577; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 3
הַרְחֵ֬קhar.Chekput far away
Lemma: רָחַק (ra.chaq) · Strong's: H7368
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to remove
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 33:7, Deuteronomy 12:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7368; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 4
מִמֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.nifrom me
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 5
רֵ֣אשׁreshpoverty
Lemma: רֵישׁ (resh) · Strong's: H7389A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: poverty
Used 5 times. Also: Proverbs 6:11, Proverbs 10:15, Proverbs 13:18, Proverbs 24:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7389A; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 6
וָ֭עֹשֶׁרVa.'o.sherand wealth
Lemma: עֹ֫שֶׁר (o.sher) · Strong's: H6239
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: riches
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 31:16, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Kings 3:11, 1 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 10:23, 1 Chronicles 29:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6239; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 7
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 8
תִּֽתֶּן\־ti.ten-you give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 9
הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִיhat.ri.Fe.nilet devour me
Lemma: טָרַף (ta.raph) · Strong's: H2963
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to tear
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 37:33, Genesis 44:28, Genesis 49:27, Exodus 22:13, Deuteronomy 33:20, Job 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2963; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 10
לֶ֣חֶםLe.chem[the] food of
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 30:8 word 11
חֻקִּֽי\׃chu.Kiallotment my
Lemma: חֹק (choq) · Strong's: H2706H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: statute: portion
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 47:22, Exodus 29:28, Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 10:13, Leviticus 10:14, Leviticus 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2706H; TAHOT Proverbs 30:8 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Keep falsehood | → | שָׁוְא H7723G vanity: false |
| and deceitful | → | כָּזָב H3577 lie |
| words | → | דָּבָר H1697M word: because |
| far | → | רָחַק H7368 to remove |
| from me | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| Give | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| me | → | |
| neither | → | אַל H0408 not |
| poverty | → | רֵישׁ H7389A poverty |
| nor riches | → | עֹ֫שֶׁר H6239 riches |
| feed me | → | טָרַף H2963 to tear |
| with the bread | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food |
| that is my portion | → | חֹק H2706H statute: portion |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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