Proverbs 8:11 Go deeper

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 1

טוֹבָ֣הto.Vah[is] good

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 2

חָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahwisdom

Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wisdom

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 3

מִפְּנִינִ֑יםmi.pe.ni.Nimmore than jewels

Lemma: פְּנִינִים (pa.nin) · Strong's: H6443

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: jewel

Used 5 times. Also: Job 28:18, Proverbs 20:15, Proverbs 31:10, Lamentations 4:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6443; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 4

וְכָל\־ve.kholand all

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 8:11 word 5

חֲ֝פָצִ֗יםcha.fa.Tzimpleasures

Lemma: חֵ֫פֶץ (che.phets) · Strong's: H2656

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: pleasure

Used 39 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 18:25, 2 Samuel 23:5, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Kings 5:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2656; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 6

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 7

יִֽשְׁווּ\־yish.vu-they compare

Lemma: שָׁוָה (sha.vah) · Strong's: H7737A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: be like

Used 14 times. Also: Esther 3:8, Esther 5:13, Esther 7:4, Job 33:27, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 131:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7737A; TAHOT Proverbs 8:11 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
wisdom	→	חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom
is more precious	→	טוֹב H2896A pleasant
than rubies	→	פְּנִינִים H6443 jewel
and nothing	→	כֹּל H3605 all
. . .	→	לֹא H3808 not
you desire	→	חֵ֫פֶץ H2656 pleasure
compares	→	שָׁוָה H7737A be like
with her	→

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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