Proverbs 8:16 Go deeper

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. (KJV)

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שָׂרִ֣יםsa.Rimprinces

Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269

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

Meaning: ruler

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Proverbs 8:16 word 1

יָשֹׂ֑רוּya.So.ruthey rule

Lemma: שָׂרַר (sa.rar) · Strong's: H8323A

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

Meaning: to rule

Used 5 times. Also: Numbers 16:13, Esther 1:22, Isaiah 32:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8323A; TAHOT Proverbs 8:16 word 2

וּ֝נְדִיבִ֗יםu.ne.di.Vimand noble [people]

Lemma: נָדִיב (na.div) · Strong's: H5081H

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

Meaning: noble

Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 21:18, 1 Samuel 2:8, Job 12:21, Job 21:28, Job 34:18, Psalms 47:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5081H; TAHOT Proverbs 8:16 word 3

כָּל\־kol-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 8:16 word 4

שֹׁ֥פְטֵיSho.fe.teijudges of

Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to judge

Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Proverbs 8:16 word 5

צֶֽדֶק\׃Tze.dekrighteousness

Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: righteousness

Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:16 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

By me	→
princes	→	שַׂר H8269 ruler
rule	→	שָׂרַר H8323A to rule
and all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
nobles	→	נָדִיב H5081H noble
who govern	→	שָׁפַט H8199 to judge
justly	→	צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness

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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