Proverbs 4:19 Go deeper

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (KJV)

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דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way of

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: way: conduct

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:19 word 1

רְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imwicked [people]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

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

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 4:19 word 2

כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑הka.'a.fe.Lah[is] like <the> darkness

Lemma: אֲפֵלָה (a.phe.lah) · Strong's: H0653

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 10:22, Deuteronomy 28:29, Proverbs 7:9, Isaiah 8:22, Isaiah 58:10, Isaiah 59:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0653; TAHOT Proverbs 4:19 word 3

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 4:19 word 4

יָ֝דְע֗וּya.de.'Uthey know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 4:19 word 5

בַּמֶּ֥הba.Mehon what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Proverbs 4:19 word 6

יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ\׃\ \פyi.ka.She.luare they stumbling

Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNi3mp)

Meaning: to stumble

Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT Proverbs 4:19 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

But the way	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct
of the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
is like the darkest gloom	→	אֲפֵלָה H0653 darkness
they do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
what	→	מָה H4100 what?
makes them stumble	→	כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble

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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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