Proverbs 6:5 Go deeper

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (KJV)

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הִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzeldeliver yourself

Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVNv2ms)

Meaning: to rescue

Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Proverbs 6:5 word 1

כִּצְבִ֣יkitz.Vilike a gazelle

Lemma: צְבִי (tse.vi) · Strong's: H6643B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: gazelle

Used 14 times. Also: Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:22, Deuteronomy 14:5, Deuteronomy 15:22, 2 Samuel 2:18, 1 Kings 4:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6643B; TAHOT Proverbs 6:5 word 2

מִיָּ֑דmi.Yadfrom a hand

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:5 word 3

וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.Porand like a bird

Lemma: צִפּוֹר (tsip.por) · Strong's: H6833

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: bird

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 7:14, Genesis 15:10, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:5, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6833; TAHOT Proverbs 6:5 word 4

מִיַּ֥דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand of

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:5 word 5

יָקֽוּשׁ\׃\ \פya.Kusha fowler

Lemma: יָקוּשׁ (ya.qush) · Strong's: H3353

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: fowler

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 91:3, Jeremiah 5:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3353; TAHOT Proverbs 6:5 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Free yourself	→	נָצַל H5337 to rescue
like a gazelle	→	צְבִי H6643B gazelle
from the hand [of the hunter]	→	יָד H3027G hand
like a bird	→	צִפּוֹר H6833 bird
from the snare	→	יָד H3027G hand
of the fowler	→	יָקוּשׁ H3353 fowler

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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