Psalms 1:4 Go deeper

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. (KJV)

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לֹא\־lo'-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 Psalms 1:4 word 1

כֵ֥ןkhen[are] so

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 2

הָרְשָׁעִ֑יםha.re.sha.'Imthe wicked [people]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

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

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 3

כִּ֥יkithat

Lemma: כִּי [אם] (ki im) · Strong's: H3588B

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: that if: except

Used 137 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588B; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 4

אִם\־'im-except

Lemma: [כִּי] אם (ki im) · Strong's: H0518B

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: except

Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518B; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 5

כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץka.Motz[they are] like the chaff

Lemma: מוֹץ (mots) · Strong's: H4671

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

Meaning: chaff

Used 8 times. Also: Job 21:18, Psalms 35:5, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 29:5, Isaiah 41:15, Hosea 13:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4671; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 6

אֲֽשֶׁר\־'asher-which

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 7

תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּti.de.Fe.nuit drives about it

Lemma: נָדַף (na.daph) · Strong's: H5086

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to drive

Used 9 times. Also: Leviticus 26:36, Job 13:25, Job 32:13, Psalms 68:2, Proverbs 21:6, Isaiah 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5086; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 8

רֽוּחַ\׃Ru.achwind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Psalms 1:4 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Not	→	לֹא H3808 not
so	→	כֵּן H3651C so
the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
For	→	כִּי [אם] H3588B that if: except
[they are]	→	[כִּי] אם H0518B if: except
like chaff	→	מוֹץ H4671 chaff
driven off	→	נָדַף H5086 to drive
by the wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath

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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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