Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.17.9", "source": "מְכַסֶּה־פֶּשַׁע מְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה וְשֹׁנֶה בְדָבָר מַפְרִיד אַלּוּף", "text": "*məkaseh*-*peša'* *məbaqqēš* *'ahăbāh* *wə-šōneh* in *dābār* *maprîd* *'allûp*", "grammar": { "*məkaseh*": "participle, Piel - covering/concealing", "*peša'*": "noun, masculine singular - transgression/rebellion", "*məbaqqēš*": "participle, Piel - seeking", "*'ahăbāh*": "noun, feminine singular - love", "*wə-šōneh*": "conjunction + participle, Qal - and repeating", "*bə-dābār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in a matter", "*maprîd*": "participle, Hiphil - separating/dividing", "*'allûp*": "noun, masculine singular - friend/confidant/chief" }, "variants": { "*məkaseh*": "covering/concealing/hiding", "*peša'*": "transgression/rebellion/sin", "*məbaqqēš*": "seeking/pursuing", "*'ahăbāh*": "love/affection", "*šōneh*": "repeating/rehearsing/harping on", "*dābār*": "word/matter/thing", "*maprîd*": "separating/dividing/alienating", "*'allûp*": "friend/companion/chief/intimate associate" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Proverbs.10.12", "source": "שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים וְעַ֥ל כָּל־פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה׃", "text": "*śinʾāh* *təʿôrēr* *mədānîm* *wə-ʿal* *kol*-*pəšāʿîm* *təkasseh* *ʾahăbāh*", "grammar": { "*śinʾāh*": "feminine singular noun - hatred", "*təʿôrēr*": "Piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - stirs up", "*mədānîm*": "masculine plural noun - contentions/strife", "*wə-ʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and over", "*kol*": "masculine singular construct - all of", "*pəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural noun - transgressions", "*təkasseh*": "Piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - covers", "*ʾahăbāh*": "feminine singular noun - love" }, "variants": { "*śinʾāh*": "hatred/enmity/hostility", "*təʿôrēr*": "stirs up/awakens/excites", "*mədānîm*": "contentions/strife/discord", "*pəšāʿîm*": "transgressions/offenses/sins", "*təkasseh*": "covers/conceals/forgives", "*ʾahăbāh*": "love/affection/devotion" } }
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 { "verseID": "1 Peter.4.8", "source": "Πρὸ πάντων δὲ τὴν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἀγάπην ἐκτενῆ ἔχοντες: ὅτι ἀγάπη καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν.", "text": "Before all things but the *eis heautous agapēn ektenē echontes*: because *agapē kalypsei plēthos hamartiōn*.", "grammar": { "*eis*": "preposition - to/toward", "*heautous*": "accusative, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - yourselves/one another", "*agapēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - love", "*ektenē*": "accusative, feminine, singular - fervent/intense/earnest", "*echontes*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having/holding", "*agapē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - love", "*kalypsei*": "future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will cover", "*plēthos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - multitude/great number", "*hamartiōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of sins" }, "variants": { "*ektenē*": "fervent/intense/stretched out/earnest/constant", "*kalypsei*": "will cover/will hide/will conceal" } }
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 { "verseID": "Proverbs.16.28", "source": "אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן‪[6]‬ מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃", "text": "*ʾîš* *tahpukôt* *yᵉšallaḥ* *mādôn* and-*nirgān* *maprîd* *ʾallûp*", "grammar": { "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - man of", "*tahpukôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - perversity/perverse things", "*yᵉšallaḥ*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sends out/spreads", "*mādôn*": "noun, masculine, singular - strife/contention/dispute", "*wᵉ*": "conjunction - and", "*nirgān*": "verb, Niphal participle, masculine singular - whisperer/slanderer", "*maprîd*": "verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - separates/divides", "*ʾallûp*": "noun, masculine, singular - close friend/companion/chief" }, "variants": { "*ʾîš tahpukôt*": "man of perversity/perverse person/troublemaker", "*nirgān*": "whisperer/slanderer/gossiper", "*ʾallûp*": "close friend/intimate companion/chief" } }
  • Ps 32:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Psalms.32.1", "source": "לְדָוִ֗ד מַ֫שְׂכִּ֥יל אַשְׁרֵ֥י נְֽשׂוּי־פֶּ֗שַׁע כְּס֣וּי חֲטָאָֽה׃", "text": "Of *Dāwid* a *maśkîl*. *ʾašrê* *nəśûy*-*pešaʿ* *kəsûy* *ḥaṭāʾâ*.", "grammar": { "*Dāwid*": "proper noun with preposition *lə-* (of/for/by David)", "*maśkîl*": "masculine singular noun - contemplative poem/skillful psalm", "*ʾašrê*": "construct plural noun - happiness of/blessed is", "*nəśûy*": "passive participle masculine singular construct - lifted/carried", "*pešaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - transgression/rebellion", "*kəsûy*": "passive participle masculine singular construct - covered", "*ḥaṭāʾâ*": "feminine singular noun - sin/offense" }, "variants": { "*maśkîl*": "instructive psalm/contemplative poem/skillful composition", "*ʾašrê*": "blessed/happy/fortunate", "*nəśûy*-*pešaʿ*": "forgiven of transgression/one whose rebellion is lifted", "*kəsûy* *ḥaṭāʾâ*": "covered of sin/whose sin is concealed" } }