Proverbs 6:1 Go deeper

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, (KJV)

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בְּ֭נִיBe.niO son my

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

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

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:1 word 1

אִם\־'im-if

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:1 word 2

עָרַ֣בְתָּ'a.Rav.tayou have stood surety

Lemma: עָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H6148

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to pledge

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32, 2 Kings 18:23, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 5:3, Job 17:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6148; TAHOT Proverbs 6:1 word 3

לְרֵעֶ֑ךָle.re.'E.khafor fellow-citizen your

Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453

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

Meaning: neighbor

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Proverbs 6:1 word 4

תָּקַ֖עְתָּta.Ka'.tayou have struck

Lemma: תָּקַע (ta.qa) · Strong's: H8628

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to blow

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 31:25, Exodus 10:19, Numbers 10:3, Numbers 10:4, Numbers 10:5, Numbers 10:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8628; TAHOT Proverbs 6:1 word 5

לַזָּ֣רla.Zarfor the stranger

Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

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 6:1 word 6

כַּפֶּֽיךָ\׃ka.Pei.khapalms your

Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: palm

Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:1 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

My son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
if	→	אִם H0518A if
you have put up security	→	עָרַב H6148 to pledge
for your neighbor	→	רֵעַ H7453 neighbor
if you have struck hands in pledge	→	תָּקַע H8628 to blow
. . .	→	כַּף H3709G palm
with a stranger	→	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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