Proverbs 5:18 Go deeper

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

יְהִֽי\־ye.hi-may it be

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)

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 5:18 word 1

מְקוֹרְךָ֥me.kor.Chaspring your

Lemma: מָקוֹר (ma.qor) · Strong's: H4726

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

Meaning: fountain

Used 18 times. Also: Leviticus 12:7, Leviticus 20:18, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 68:26, Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4726; TAHOT Proverbs 5:18 word 2

בָר֑וּךְva.Rukhblessed

Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to bless

Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Proverbs 5:18 word 3

וּ֝שְׂמַ֗חu.se.Machand rejoice

Lemma: שָׂמַח (sa.mach) · Strong's: H8055

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to rejoice

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8055; TAHOT Proverbs 5:18 word 4

מֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetfrom [the] wife of

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

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

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Proverbs 5:18 word 5

נְעוּרֶֽךָ\׃ne.'u.Re.khayouth<s> your

Lemma: נְעוּרִים (na.ur) · Strong's: H5271A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: youth

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 8:21, Genesis 46:34, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:3, Numbers 30:16, 1 Samuel 12:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5271A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

May your fountain	→	מָקוֹר H4726 fountain
be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
blessed	→	בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless
and may you rejoice	→	שָׂמַח H8055 to rejoice
in the wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
of your youth	→	נְעוּרִים H5271A youth

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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