Proverbs
Proverbs 2:3–4
3if you truly call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,
4if you seek it like silver
and search it out like hidden treasure,
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Proverbs 2:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| if you | אִ֣ם | ’im | Conjunction | H518 if |
| truly | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| call out | תִקְרָ֑א | ṯiq·rā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| to insight | לַבִּינָ֣ה | lab·bî·nāh | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H998 understanding |
| and lift | תִּתֵּ֥ן | tit·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| your voice | קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ | qō·w·le·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6963 sound, voice |
| to understanding | לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה | lat·tə·ḇū·nāh | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8394 intelligence, argument, caprice |
Proverbs 2:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| if | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you seek | תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה | tə·ḇaq·šen·nāh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H1245 seek |
| it like silver | כַכָּ֑סֶף | ḵak·kā·sep̄ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3701 silver, money |
| and search it out | תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ | taḥ·pə·śen·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H2664 search |
| like hidden treasure | וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים | wə·ḵam·maṭ·mō·w·nîm | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H4301 hidden treasure, treasure |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 2:3 James 1:5 · Ephesians 1:17–18 · Proverbs 3:6 · 1 Kings 3:9–12 · Psalm 25:4–5 · Psalm 119:169 · Psalm 119:125
Proverbs 2:4 Matthew 13:44 · Matthew 19:29 · Proverbs 16:16 · Job 28:12–20 · Proverbs 8:18–19 · Job 3:21 · Psalm 119:72 · Matthew 6:19–21 · Ecclesiastes 4:8 · Proverbs 23:23 · Luke 16:8 · Proverbs 3:14–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.