Proverbs

Proverbs 4:3

³When I was a son to my father,

tender and the only child of my mother,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I was	הָיִ֣יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a son	בֵ֭ן	ḇên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
to my father	לְאָבִ֑י	lə·’ā·ḇî	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
tender	רַ֥ךְ	raḵ	Adjective - masculine singular	H7390 tender, delicate, soft
and the only child	וְ֝יָחִ֗יד	wə·yā·ḥîḏ	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H3173 only one, solitary
of	לִפְנֵ֥י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
my mother	אִמִּֽי׃	’im·mî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H517 mother

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.