Proverbs 5:17 Go deeper

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. (KJV)

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יִֽהְיוּ\־yih.yu-let them belong

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Proverbs 5:17 word 1

לְבַדֶּ֑ךָle.va.De.khato alone you

Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905H

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

Meaning: alone

Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0905H; TAHOT Proverbs 5:17 word 2

וְאֵ֖יןve.'Einand not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 5:17 word 3

לְזָרִ֣יםle.za.Rimto strangers

Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

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 5:17 word 4

אִתָּֽךְ\׃'i.Takhwith you

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Proverbs 5:17 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

Let them be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
yours	→
alone	→	בַּד H0905H alone
never	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
to be shared	→	אֵת H0854 with
with strangers	→	זוּר H2114A be a stranger

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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