Chapter 11
Proverbs 11:17
גמל
גֹּמֵל
None
1580
גמל
gâmal
Definition: to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean; bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.
gâmal
Definition: to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean; bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.
Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute
נפשו
נַ֭פְשׁוֹ
his breath/soul
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
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.
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.
Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular
איש
אִישׁ
a man/each one
376
איש
ʼîysh
Definition: a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Root: contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
Exhaustive: contracted for אנוש (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אשה.
ʼîysh
Definition: a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Root: contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
Exhaustive: contracted for אנוש (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אשה.
Noun common both singular construct
חסד
חָסֶד
a kind one
2617a
חסד
chêçêd
Definition: kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Root: from H2616 (חסד);
Exhaustive: from חסד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
chêçêd
Definition: kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Root: from H2616 (חסד);
Exhaustive: from חסד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Noun common both singular absolute
ועכר
וְעֹכֵר
None
5916
| עכר
ʻâkar
Definition: properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict; trouble, stir.
ʻâkar
Definition: properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict; trouble, stir.
9002
ו
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)
Conjunction, Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute
שארו
שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ
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
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
7607
שאר
shᵉʼêr
Definition: flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Root: from H7604 (שאר);
Exhaustive: from שאר; flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood; body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
shᵉʼêr
Definition: flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Root: from H7604 (שאר);
Exhaustive: from שאר; flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood; body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular
RBT Translation:
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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The man of mercy benefited his soul: and the cruel troubled his flesh.
The man of mercy benefited his soul: and the cruel troubled his flesh.
LITV Translation:
A merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel troubles his own flesh.
A merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel troubles his own flesh.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
A merciful man does good to his own soul: But the merciless destroys his own body.
A merciful man does good to his own soul: But the merciless destroys his own body.