Proverbs 8:36 Go deeper
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But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (KJV)
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וְֽ֭חֹטְאִיVe.cho.te.'iand [one who] misses me
Lemma: חָטָא (cha.ta) · Strong's: H2398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to sin
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 20:6, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 31:39, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 40:1, Genesis 42:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2398; TAHOT Proverbs 8:36 word 1
חֹמֵ֣סcho.Mes[is] doing wrong to
Lemma: חָמַס (cha.mas) · Strong's: H2554
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to injure
Used 8 times. Also: Job 15:33, Job 21:27, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 22:3, Lamentations 2:6, Ezekiel 22:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2554; TAHOT Proverbs 8:36 word 2
נַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.Shoself his
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Proverbs 8:36 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 8:36 word 4
מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗יme.san.'Ai[those who] hate me
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
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 8:36 word 5
אָ֣הֲבוּ'A.ha.vuthey love
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:36 word 6
מָֽוֶת\׃\ \פMa.vetdeath
Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: death
Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Proverbs 8:36 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But he who fails to find me | → | חָטָא H2398 to sin |
| harms | → | חָמַס H2554 to injure |
| himself | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| who hate me | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| love | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| death | → | מָ֫וֶת H4194 death |
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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