Proverbs
Proverbs 4:2
2For I give you sound teaching;
do not abandon my directive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I give | נָתַ֣תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לָכֶ֑ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| sound | ט֭וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| teaching | לֶ֣קַח | le·qaḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H3948 learning, teaching |
| do not | אַֽל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| abandon | תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ | ta·‘ă·zō·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| my directive | תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י | tō·w·rā·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Timothy 4:6 · Titus 1:9 · Psalm 89:30–32 · Job 33:3 · Proverbs 8:6–9 · Deuteronomy 32:2 · Job 11:4 · Psalm 49:1–3 · 1 Chronicles 28:9 · 2 Chronicles 7:19 · John 7:16–17 · Proverbs 22:20–21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.