Chapter 20
Proverbs 20:2
| נפש ו | חוטא | מתעבר ו | מלך | אימת | כ כפיר | נהם |
| his breath/soul | None | in the hand | a king | None | None | None |
9016 | None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None 9023 | הו None Definition: his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular 5315 נפש nephesh Definition: properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) Root: from H5314 (נפש); Exhaustive: from נפש; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it. | 2398 חטא châṭâʼ Definition: properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass. | 9033 | ו None Definition: him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular 5674b עבר ʻâbar Definition: to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath. | 4428 מלך melek Definition: a king Root: from H4427 (מלך); Exhaustive: from מלך; a king; king, royal. | 367 אימה ʼêymâh Definition: fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear) Root: or (shortened) אמה; from the same as H366 (אים); Exhaustive: or (shortened) אמה; from the same as אים; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear); dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror. | 3715a | כפיר kᵉphîyr Definition: a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane) Root: from H3722 (כפר); Exhaustive: from כפר; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane); (young) lion, village. Compare כפר. 9004 כ None Definition: like, as Root: Derived terms כאשר (ka'ashér) כמו (k'mó) כמות (k'mót) כש־ (k'she-) Exhaustive: prefix, particle of comparison, similarity or proportion; before Sheva, with article - as, like, as if; at, about [a time], according to, after; before an infinitive - as, when, if, after. | 5099 נהם naham Definition: a snarl Root: from H5098 (נהם); Exhaustive: from נהם; a snarl; roaring. |
RBT Translation:
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RBT Paraphrase:
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LITV Translation:
The fear of a king is as the roar of a lion, he who stirs him up to anger wrongs his own soul.
The fear of a king is as the roar of a lion, he who stirs him up to anger wrongs his own soul.
ESV Translation:
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; And he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; And he that provokes him sins against his own soul.