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Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) (KJV)
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פַּ֤עַם\׀Pa.'ama time
Lemma: פַּ֫עַם (pa.am) · Strong's: H6471
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: beat
Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 29:35, Genesis 30:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6471; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 1
בַּח֗וּץba.Chutzin the street
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 2
פַּ֥עַםPa.'ama time
Lemma: פַּ֫עַם (pa.am) · Strong's: H6471
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: beat
Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 29:35, Genesis 30:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6471; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 3
בָּרְחֹב֑וֹתba.re.cho.Votin the open places
Lemma: רְחוֹב (re.chov) · Strong's: H7339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: street/plaza
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:17, Judges 19:20, 2 Samuel 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7339; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 4
וְאֵ֖צֶלve.'E.tzeland beside
Lemma: אֵ֫צֶל (e.tsel) · Strong's: H0681
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: beside
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 39:10, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:16, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:3, Leviticus 1:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0681; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 5
כָּל\־kol-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 7:12 word 6
פִּנָּ֣הpi.Nahcorner
Lemma: פִּנָּה (pin.nah) · Strong's: H6438H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: corner
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 27:2, Exodus 38:2, Judges 20:2, 1 Samuel 14:38, 1 Kings 7:34, 2 Chronicles 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6438H; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 7
תֶאֱרֹֽב\׃te.'e.Roshe lies in wait
Lemma: אָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H0693
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to ambush
Used 41 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:11, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0693; TAHOT Proverbs 7:12 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now | → | פַּ֫עַם H6471 beat |
| in the street | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| now | → | פַּ֫עַם H6471 beat |
| in the squares | → | רְחוֹב H7339 street/plaza |
| she lurks | → | אָרַב H0693 to ambush |
| at | → | אֵ֫צֶל H0681 beside |
| every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| corner | → | פִּנָּה H6438H corner |
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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