Proverbs 9:15 Go deeper
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To call passengers who go right on their ways: (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
לִקְרֹ֥אlik.Ro'to call out
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Proverbs 9:15 word 1
לְעֹֽבְרֵי\־le.'oe.rei-to [those who] pass by of
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
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 9:15 word 2
דָ֑רֶךְDa.rekh[the] road
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: way: journey
Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870L; TAHOT Proverbs 9:15 word 3
הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗יםham.ya.she.Rimthose [who] make straight
Lemma: יָשַׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3474
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)
Meaning: to smooth
Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 23:27, Judges 14:3, Judges 14:7, 1 Samuel 6:12, 1 Samuel 18:20, 1 Samuel 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3474; TAHOT Proverbs 9:15 word 4
אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם\׃'O.re.cho.Tampaths their
Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: way
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Proverbs 9:15 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| calling out | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| to those who pass by | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| . . . | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870L way: journey |
| who make | → | יָשַׁר H3474 to smooth |
| their paths {straight} | → | אֹ֫רַח H0734 way |
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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