Proverbs 10:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים וְעַ֥ל כָּל־פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה׃

Transliteration

śinʾāh təʿôrēr mədānîm wə-ʿal kol-pəšāʿîm təkasseh ʾahăbāh

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Pet 4:8 : 8 {G1161} above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Prov 17:9 : 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Jas 5:20 : 20 let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
Jas 4:1 : 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?
Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

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