He that keepeth
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
the commandment
mitsvah (mits-vaw')
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
keepeth
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
his own soul
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
but he that despiseth
bazah (baw-zaw')
to disesteem -- despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
his ways
derek (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
shall die
muwth (mooth)
causatively, to kill
