Proverbs
Proverbs 22:28
28Do not move an ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have placed.
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| move | תַּ֭סֵּג | tas·sêḡ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular | H5253 retreat |
| an ancient | עוֹלָ֑ם | ‘ō·w·lām | Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
| boundary stone | גְּב֣וּל | gə·ḇūl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1366 border, boundary, territory |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| your fathers | אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| have placed | עָשׂ֣וּ | ‘ā·śū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H6213 do, make |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 19:14 · Deuteronomy 27:17 · Proverbs 23:10 · Job 24:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.