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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. (KJV)
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תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת\׀tah.pu.Khotperverse things
Lemma: תַּהְפֻּכָה (tah.pu.khah) · Strong's: H8419
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: perversity
Used 10 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:20, Proverbs 2:12, Proverbs 2:14, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 10:31, Proverbs 10:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8419; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 1
בְּלִבּ֗וֹbe.li.Bo[are] in heart his
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 2
חֹרֵ֣שׁcho.Resh[he is] devising
Lemma: חָרַשׁ (cha.rash) · Strong's: H2790A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to plow/plot
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Deuteronomy 22:10, Judges 14:18, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Samuel 23:9, 1 Kings 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2790A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 3
רָ֣עra'evil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 4
בְּכָל\־be.kholat every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 5
עֵ֑ת'Ettime
Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: time
Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 29:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 6
יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ\׃ye.sha.Le.achhe sends out
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:14 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| With deceit | → | תַּהְפֻּכָה H8419 perversity |
| in his heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| he devises | → | חָרַשׁ H2790A to plow/plot |
| evil | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
| he continually | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | עֵת H6256 time |
| sows | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| discord | → | מְדָן H4090 strife |
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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