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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (KJV)
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תָּכִ֣יןta.Khinit prepares
Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)
Meaning: to establish: prepare
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:8 word 1
בַּקַּ֣יִץba.Ka.yitzin the summer
Lemma: קַ֫יִץ (qa.yits) · Strong's: H7019
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: summer
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:2, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 74:17, Proverbs 10:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7019; TAHOT Proverbs 6:8 word 2
לַחְמָ֑הּlach.Mahfood its
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Proverbs 6:8 word 3
אָגְרָ֥ה'a.ge.Rahit gathers
Lemma: אָגַר (a.gar) · Strong's: H0103
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to gather
Used 3 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:39, Proverbs 10:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0103; TAHOT Proverbs 6:8 word 4
בַ֝קָּצִ֗ירva.ka.Tzirat the harvest
Lemma: קָצִיר (qa.tsir) · Strong's: H7105A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: harvest
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, Genesis 30:14, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:21, Exodus 34:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7105A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:8 word 5
מַאֲכָלָֽהּ\׃ma.'a.kha.Lahfood its
Lemma: מַאֲכָל (ma.a.khal) · Strong's: H3978
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 40:17, Leviticus 19:23, Deuteronomy 20:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3978; TAHOT Proverbs 6:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| it prepares | → | כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare |
| its provisions | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| in summer | → | קַ֫יִץ H7019 summer |
| it gathers | → | אָגַר H0103 to gather |
| its food | → | מַאֲכָל H3978 food |
| at harvest | → | קָצִיר H7105A harvest |
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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