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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; (KJV)
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פֶּֽן\־pen-lest
Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: lest
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Proverbs 5:10 word 1
יִשְׂבְּע֣וּyis.be.'Uthey should be satisfied
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) · Strong's: H7646
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to satisfy
Used 97 times. Also: Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:10, Deuteronomy 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7646; TAHOT Proverbs 5:10 word 2
זָרִ֣יםza.Rimstrangers
Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: be a stranger
Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 29:33, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2114A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:10 word 3
כֹּחֶ֑ךָko.Che.khastrength your
Lemma: כֹּחַ (ko.ach) · Strong's: H3581B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 31:6, Genesis 49:3, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3581B; TAHOT Proverbs 5:10 word 4
וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָva.'a.tza.Vei.khaand labor your
Lemma: עֶ֫צֶב (e.tsev) · Strong's: H6089A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: toil
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 14:23, Proverbs 15:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6089A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:10 word 5
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veit[be] in [the] house of
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 5:10 word 6
נָכְרִֽי\׃na.khe.Ria foreigner
Lemma: נׇכְרִי (nokh.ri) · Strong's: H5237
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: foreign
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 31:15, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3, Exodus 21:8, Deuteronomy 14:21, Deuteronomy 15:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5237; TAHOT Proverbs 5:10 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| lest | → | פֶּן־ H6435 lest |
| strangers | → | זוּר H2114A be a stranger |
| feast | → | שָׂבֵעַ H7646 to satisfy |
| on your wealth | → | כֹּחַ H3581B strength |
| and your labors | → | עֶ֫צֶב H6089A toil |
| [enrich] the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| of a foreigner | → | נׇכְרִי H5237 foreign |
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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