Chapter 13
Proverbs 13:3
| ל ו | מחתה | שפתי ו | פשק | נפש ו | שמר | פי ו | נצר |
| to himself | None | None | None | his breath/soul | None | mouth of himself | watch over/protect |
9016 | None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None 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 9005 ל None Definition: to, for Root: None Exhaustive: None | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 4288 מחתה mᵉchittâh Definition: properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation Root: from H2846 (חתה); Exhaustive: from חתה; properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation; destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror. | 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 8193 שפה sâphâh Definition: the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) Root: or (in dual and plural) שפת; probably from H5595 (ספה) or H8192 (שפה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוף)); Exhaustive: or (in dual and plural) שפת; probably from ספה or שפה through the idea of termination (compare סוף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words. | 6589 פשק pâsaq Definition: to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious; open (wide). | 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. | 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 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. | 5341 נצר nâtsar Definition: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.); besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man). |
RBT Hebrew Literal:
No verse found
RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found
No verse found
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
He guarding his mouth, watched his soul: he opening wide his lips, destruction to him.
He guarding his mouth, watched his soul: he opening wide his lips, destruction to him.
LITV Translation:
He who guards his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide is ruined.
He who guards his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide is ruined.
ESV Translation:
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: But he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: But he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.