Proverbs 10:7

American Standard Version (1901)

The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃

Transliteration

zēker ṣaddîq librākāh wə-šēm rəšāʿîm yirqāb

Grammar Details

• *zēker*: masculine singular construct - memory/remembrance of
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
• *librākāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun - for blessing
• *wə-šēm*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and name of
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked ones
• *yirqāb*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - rots/decays

Word Meanings

• *zēker*: memory/remembrance/mention
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
• *librākāh*: for blessing/praise
• *šēm*: name/reputation/fame
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers
• *yirqāb*: rots/decays/putrefies

Referenced Verses

• Ps 112:6 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
• Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
• Mark 14:9 : 9 And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
• Luke 1:48 : 48 For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
• Ps 9:5-6 : 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. 6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished. [
• Eccl 8:10 : 10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.
• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
• 2 Kgs 19:34 : 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• 2 Chr 24:16 : 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
• Job 18:17 : 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
• Job 27:23 : 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
• Jer 17:13 : 13 O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
• Ps 109:15 : 15 Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;