Psalms 49:13 Go deeper
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This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. (KJV)
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זֶ֣הzehthis
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 1
דַ֭רְכָּםDar.kom[is] way their
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: way: conduct
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 2
כֵּ֣סֶלKe.selstupidity
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶל (ke.sel) · Strong's: H3689
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: loin
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15, Leviticus 4:9, Leviticus 7:4, Job 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3689; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 3
וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם\׀ve.'a.cha.rei.Hemand after them
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Acmpc (Acmpc)
Meaning: after
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 4
בְּפִיהֶ֖םbe.fi.Hemin mouth their
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip: word
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Genesis 45:21, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310I; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 5
יִרְצ֣וּyir.Tzuthey take delight
Lemma: רָצָה (ra.tsah) · Strong's: H7521
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to accept
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 33:10, Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 19:7, Leviticus 22:23, Leviticus 22:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7521; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 6
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelah
Lemma: סֶ֫לָה (se.lah) · Strong's: H5542
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: Selah
Used 74 times. Also: Psalms 3:2, Psalms 3:4, Psalms 3:8, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 4:4, Psalms 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5542; TAHOT Psalms 49:13 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| is the fate | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
| of the foolish | → | כֶּ֫סֶל H3689 loin |
| and their followers | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| who endorse | → | רָצָה H7521 to accept |
| their sayings | → | פֶּה H6310I lip: word |
| Selah | → | סֶ֫לָה H5542 Selah |
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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