Proverbs 17:2

Derivation: from 5647;

a servant

KJV: × bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

עֶ֫בֶד 799 n.m. slave, servant

1. slave, servant of household

2. Subjects, of chief

3. Servants, worshippers of God

4. Servant of י׳, in a special sense

5. Israel as a people is servant of י׳

6. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 pers. sing., I

7. Phrases

Derivation: a primitive root;

to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent

KJV: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.

שָׂכַל vb. be prudent

Qal be prudent, circumspect

Hiph.

1. look at

2. give attention to, consider, ponder

3. have insight, comprehension

4. cause to consider, give insight, teach

5. act circumspectly, prudently

6. prosper, have success

7. cause to prosper

[שָׂכַל] vb. Pi. lay crosswise;—Gn 48:14 (J)

Derivation: a primitive root;

to rule

KJV: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.

מָשַׁל vb. rule, have dominion, reign

Qal

1. human subj., rule, have dominion over

2. of heavenly bodies

3. of God

Hiph. cause to rule; exercise dominion

Derivation: from 1129;

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

KJV: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

בֵּן 4870 n.m. son

1. son, male child, born of a woman

2. children (male and female)

3. youth, young men

4. the young of animals

5. of plant shoots

6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows

7.

a. member of a guild, order or class

b. of animals son of (the) herd

8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.

9. n. relat. of age

בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

KJV: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

בּוֹשׁ 109 vb. be ashamed

Qal

1. abs. feel shame

2. sq. מִן, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of

3. with obj. I am ashamed to ask

Polel delay (in shame)

Hiph.

1. put to shame

2.

a. put to shame

b. act shamefully

c. to be put to shame

d. be ashamed

Hithp. ashamed before one another

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to sever;

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

KJV: among(-st), × between, half, × (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), × out (of), × through, × with(-in).

תָּ֫וֶךְ 416 subst. midst

Derivation: a primitive word;

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])

KJV: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

אָח 630 n.m. brother

1. brother, born of same mother (& father)

2. indef. = relative

3. fig. of resemblance

4. in phr. one … another

Derivation: a primitive root;

to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate

KJV: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).

חָלַק vb. be smooth, slippery

Qal smooth, slippery

Hiph. make smooth

חָלַק vb. divide, share

Qal

1. divide, apportion

2. assign, distribute

3. assign, impart

4. share

5. divide up = plunder the temple

Niph. Impf.

1. reflex. divide oneself

2. pass. be divided

3. trans. assign, distribute

Pi.

1. divide, apportion

2. assign, distribute

3. scatter

Pu. be divided, of land

Hithp. divide land among themselves

Hiph. to receive a portion

Derivation: from 5157 (in its usual sense);

properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

KJV: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.

נַחֲלָה 224 n.f. possession, property, inheritance

1. property

2. portion, share

3. inheritance