Proverbs 10:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Prov 17:9 : 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Jas 5:20 : 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Jas 4:1 : 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Prov 16:27 : 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

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