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Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, (KJV)
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עֹבֵ֣ר'o.Ver[who] was passing by
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Proverbs 7:8 word 1
בַּ֭שּׁוּקBa.shukin the street
Lemma: שׁוּק (shuq) · Strong's: H7784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: street
Used 4 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 12:4, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Song of Solomon 3:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7784; TAHOT Proverbs 7:8 word 2
אֵ֣צֶל'E.tzelbeside
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 7:8 word 3
פִּנָּ֑הּpi.Nahcorner her
Lemma: פִּנָּה (pin.nah) · Strong's: H6438H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 7:8 word 4
וְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhand [the] direction of
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: way: road
Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 33:16, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870K; TAHOT Proverbs 7:8 word 5
בֵּיתָ֣הּbei.Tahhouse her
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Proverbs 7:8 word 6
יִצְעָֽד\׃yitz.'Adhe strode
Lemma: צָעַד (tsa.ad) · Strong's: H6805
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to march
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 49:22, Judges 5:4, 2 Samuel 6:13, Job 18:14, Psalms 68:7, Jeremiah 10:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6805; TAHOT Proverbs 7:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| crossing | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| the street | → | שׁוּק H7784 street |
| near | → | אֵ֫צֶל H0681 beside |
| her corner | → | פִּנָּה H6438H corner |
| strolling | → | צָעַד H6805 to march |
| down the road | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870K way: road |
| to her house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
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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