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Chapter 29

Proverbs 29:10

נפש ו יבקשו ו ישרים תם ישנאו דמים אנשי
his breath/soulNoneNoneNoneNonebloodsthe mortals
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None
Definition: verseEnd
Root: None
Exhaustive: None
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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
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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.
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בקש
bâqash
Definition: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
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ישר
yâshâr
Definition: straight (literally or figuratively)
Root: from H3474 (ישר);
Exhaustive: from ישר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
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ו
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)
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תם
tâm
Definition: complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
Root: from H8552 (תמם);
Exhaustive: from תמם; complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear; coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.
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־
None
Definition: link
Root: None
Exhaustive: None
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שנא
sânêʼ
Definition: to hate (personally)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to hate (personally); enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.
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דם
dâm
Definition: blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Root: from H1826 (דמם) (compare H119 (אדם));
Exhaustive: from דמם (compare אדם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
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אנוש
ʼĕnôwsh
Definition: a man in general (singly or collectively)
Root: from H605 (אנש); properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H120 (אדם)); hence,
Exhaustive: from אנש; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אדם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare איש.
RBT Translation:
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RBT Paraphrase:
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LITV Translation:
Men of blood hate the blameless, but the upright seek his soul.
ESV Translation:
Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless and seek the life of the upright.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Bloody men hate a holy person, But the upright will seek his soul.

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