Proverbs 10:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The memory of the just 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 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
• Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
• Mark 14:9 : 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
• Luke 1:48 : 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
• Ps 9:5-6 : 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• Eccl 8:10 : 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light 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, both toward God, and toward 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 LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
• Ps 109:15 : 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.