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The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. (KJV)
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יִֽרְאַ֣תyir.'At[the] fear of
Lemma: יִרְאָה (yir.ah) · Strong's: H3374
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: fear
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 20:11, Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 2:25, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:9, Nehemiah 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3374; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 1
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 2
שְֽׂנֹ֫אתse.Not[is] to hate
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 3
רָ֥עra'evil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 4
גֵּ֘אָ֤הge.'Ahpride
Lemma: גֵּאָה (ge.ah) · Strong's: H1344
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: pride
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1344; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 5
וְגָא֨וֹן\׀ve.ga.'onand arrogance
Lemma: גָּאוֹן (ga.on) · Strong's: H1347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pride
Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 15:7, Leviticus 26:19, Job 35:12, Job 37:4, Job 38:11, Job 40:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1347; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 6
וְדֶ֣רֶךְve.De.rekhand a way
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: way: conduct
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 7
רָ֭עra'evil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 8
וּפִ֨יu.Fiand a mouth of
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip: word
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Genesis 45:21, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310I; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 9
תַהְפֻּכ֬וֹתtah.pu.Khotperversities
Lemma: תַּהְפֻּכָה (tah.pu.khah) · Strong's: H8419
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: perversity
Used 10 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:20, Proverbs 2:12, Proverbs 2:14, Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 10:31, Proverbs 10:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8419; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 10
שָׂנֵֽאתִי\׃sa.Ne.tiI hate
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 8:13 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| To fear | → | יִרְאָה H3374 fear |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| is to hate | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| evil | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
| I hate | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| arrogant | → | גָּאוֹן H1347 pride |
| pride | → | גֵּאָה H1344 pride |
| evil | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
| conduct | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
| and perverse | → | תַּהְפֻּכָה H8419 perversity |
| speech | → | פֶּה H6310I lip: word |
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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