Proverbs 9:18 Go deeper

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. (KJV)

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וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo'-and 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 9:18 word 1

יָ֭דַעYa.da'he knows

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 9:18 word 2

כִּֽי\־ki-that

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 9:18 word 3

רְפָאִ֣יםre.fa.'Im[the] shades

Lemma: רְפָאִים (ra.pah) · Strong's: H7496

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

Meaning: shade

Used 8 times. Also: Job 26:5, Psalms 88:10, Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 21:16, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 26:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7496; TAHOT Proverbs 9:18 word 4

שָׁ֑םSham[are] there

Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: there

Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Proverbs 9:18 word 5

בְּעִמְקֵ֖יbe.'im.Kei[are] in [the] depths of

Lemma: עָמֵק (a.meq) · Strong's: H6012

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: unfathomable

Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 33:19, Ezekiel 3:5, Ezekiel 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6012; TAHOT Proverbs 9:18 word 6

שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheol

Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hell: Sheol

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Proverbs 9:18 word 7

קְרֻאֶֽיהָ\׃\ \פke.ru.'Ei.hainvited [ones] her

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqsmpc)

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 9:18 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

But they do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
the dead	→	רְפָאִים H7496 shade
are there	→	שָׁם H8033G there
that her guests	→	קָרָא H7121G to call: call to
[are] in the depths	→	עָמֵק H6012 unfathomable
of Sheol	→	שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol

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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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