Chapter 21
Proverbs 21:23
| נפש ו | מ צרות | שמר | ו לשונ ו | פי ו | שמר |
| his breath/soul | None | None | None | mouth of himself | 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. | 6869b | צרה tsârâh Definition: tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival: Root: feminine of H6862 (צר); Exhaustive: feminine of צר; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:; adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble. 9006 מ None Definition: from Root: None Exhaustive: None | 8104 שמר shâmar Definition: properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man). | 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 3956 | לשון lâshôwn Definition: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water) Root: or לשן; also (in plural) feminine לשנה; from H3960 (לשן); Exhaustive: or לשן; also (in plural) feminine לשנה; from לשן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge. 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) | 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 6310 פה peh Definition: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to Root: from H6284 (פאה); Exhaustive: from פאה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word. | 8104 שמר shâmar Definition: properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man). |
RBT Hebrew Literal:
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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
He watching his mouth and his tongue watches his soul from straits.
He watching his mouth and his tongue watches his soul from straits.
LITV Translation:
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from distresses.
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from distresses.
ESV Translation:
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue Keeps his soul from trouble.
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue Keeps his soul from trouble.