Proverbs

Proverbs 22:6

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Train up	חֲנֹ֣ךְ	ḥă·nōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2596 train up, dedicate
a child	לַ֭נַּעַר	lan·na·‘ar	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the way	דַרְכּ֑וֹ	ḏar·kōw	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
he should go	פִּ֣י	pî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
and	גַּ֥ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
when	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he is old	יַ֝זְקִ֗ין	yaz·qîn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2204 be or become old
he will not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
depart	יָס֥וּר	yā·sūr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
from it	מִמֶּֽנָּה׃	mim·men·nāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.