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These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: (KJV)
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שֶׁשׁ\־shesh-six [things]
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)
Meaning: six
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Proverbs 6:16 word 1
הֵ֭נָּהHe.nahthose
Lemma: הֵנָּה (hen.nah) · Strong's: H2007
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Plural (HPp3fp)
Meaning: they(fem.)
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 33:6, Genesis 41:26, Genesis 41:27, Exodus 1:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2007; TAHOT Proverbs 6:16 word 2
שָׂנֵ֣אsa.Ne'he hates
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 6:16 word 3
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:16 word 4
וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַעve.She.va'and [are] seven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Proverbs 6:16 word 5
נַפְשֽׁוֹ\׃naf.Shoself his
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Proverbs 6:16 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There are | → | הֵנָּה H2007 they(fem.) |
| six [things that] | → | שֵׁשׁ H8337 six |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| hates | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| seven | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| that are detestable | → | תּוֹעֵבַה H8441 abomination |
| to Him | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
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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