Psalms 50:20 Go deeper

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. (KJV)

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תֵּ֭שֵׁבTe.shevyou sit

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 1

בְּאָחִ֣יךָbe.'a.Chi.khaon brother your

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 2

תְדַבֵּ֑רte.da.Beryou speak

Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to speak: speak

Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 3

בְּבֶֽן\־be.ven-on [the] child of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 4

אִ֝מְּךָ֗'i.me.khamother your

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 5

תִּתֶּן\־ti.ten-you give

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414P

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to give: do

Used 12 times. Also: Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 24:19, Numbers 20:19, Psalms 104:12, Psalms 106:46 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414P; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 6

דֹּֽפִי\׃Do.fia fault

Lemma: דֳּפִי (do.phi) · Strong's: H1848

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

Meaning: slander

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1848; TAHOT Psalms 50:20 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

You sit	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
and malign	→	דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak
your brother	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
you	→	נָתַן H5414P to give: do
slander	→	דֳּפִי H1848 slander
your own mother’s	→	אֵם H0517 mother
son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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