Proverbs 11:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּמ֤וֹת אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת אוֹנִ֣ים אָבָֽדָה׃

Transliteration

Bəmôt ʾādām rāšāʿ tōʾbad tiqwâ wətôḥelet ʾônîm ʾābādâ.

Grammar Details

*Bəmôt*: preposition + construct infinitive - in death of
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/person
*rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - wicked
*tōʾbad*: verb Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - perishes
*tiqwâ*: feminine singular noun - hope/expectation
*wətôḥelet*: conjunction + feminine singular construct noun - and expectation of
*ʾônîm*: masculine plural noun - vigor/strength/wealth
*ʾābādâ*: verb Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - has perished

Word Meanings

*môt*: death/dying
*ʾādām*: man/person/human
*rāšāʿ*: wicked/criminal/guilty
*tōʾbad*: perishes/is destroyed
*tiqwâ*: hope/expectation
*tôḥelet*: expectation/hope
*ʾônîm*: vigor/strength/wealth/trouble/wickedness
*ʾābādâ*: has perished/is destroyed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Job 8:13-14 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Ezek 28:9 : 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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