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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. (KJV)

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כִּ֤יkifor

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 4:16 word 1

לֹ֣אlo'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 4:16 word 2

יִֽ֭שְׁנוּYish.nuthey will sleep

Lemma: יָשֵׁן (ya.shen) · Strong's: H3462

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to sleep

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 41:5, Leviticus 13:11, Leviticus 26:10, Deuteronomy 4:25, Judges 16:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3462; TAHOT Proverbs 4:16 word 3

אִם\־'im-if

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518J

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: until

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 24:19, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 44:23, Genesis 47:18, Numbers 32:17, Deuteronomy 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518J; TAHOT Proverbs 4:16 word 4

לֹ֣אlo'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 4:16 word 5

יָרֵ֑עוּya.Re.'uthey do harm

Lemma: רָעַע (ra.a) · Strong's: H7489A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: be evil

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 19:7, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 31:7, Genesis 38:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7489A; TAHOT Proverbs 4:16 word 6

וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הve.nig.ze.Lahand it is taken away

Lemma: גָּזַל (ga.zal) · Strong's: H1497

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNq3fs)

Meaning: to plunder

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 21:25, Genesis 31:31, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1497; TAHOT Proverbs 4:16 word 7

שְׁ֝נָתָ֗םShe.na.Tamsleep their

Lemma: שֵׁנָה (she.nah) · Strong's: H8142

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

Meaning: sleep

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 28:16, Genesis 31:40, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Esther 6:1, Job 14:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8142; TAHOT Proverbs 4:16 word 8

אִם\־'im-if

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518J

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: until

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 24:19, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 44:23, Genesis 47:18, Numbers 32:17, Deuteronomy 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518J; TAHOT Proverbs 4:16 word 9

לֹ֥אlo'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 4:16 word 10

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
they cannot	→	לֹא H3808 not
sleep	→	יָשֵׁן H3462 to sleep
unless	→	אִם H0518J if: until
. . .	→	לֹא H3808 not
they do evil	→	רָעַע H7489A be evil
they are deprived	→	גָּזַל H1497 to plunder
of slumber	→	שֵׁנָה H8142 sleep
until	→	אִם H0518J if: until
. . .	→	לֹא H3808 not
they make someone fall	→	כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble

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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