Proverbs 20:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Young's Literal Translation
Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

King James Bible
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Hebrew
The intentions
עֵצָ֣ה (‘ê·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

of a man’s
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

heart
בְלֶב־ (ḇə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

are deep
עֲ֭מֻקִּים (‘ă·muq·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6013: Deep

waters,
מַ֣יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

but a man
וְאִ֖ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of understanding
תְּבוּנָ֣ה (tə·ḇū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

draws them out.
יִדְלֶֽנָּה׃ (yiḏ·len·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1802: To dangle, to let down a, bucket, to deliver

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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