Proverbs
Proverbs 6:20
20My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My son | בְּ֭נִי | bə·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1121 son |
| keep | נְצֹ֣ר | nə·ṣōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5341 watch, guard, keep |
| your father’s | אָבִ֑יךָ | ’ā·ḇî·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| commandment | מִצְוַ֣ת | miṣ·waṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H4687 commandment |
| and do not | וְאַל־ | wə·’al- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| forsake | תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ | tiṭ·ṭōš | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5203 leave, forsake, permit |
| your mother’s | אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | ’im·me·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H517 mother |
| teaching | תּוֹרַ֥ת | tō·w·raṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ephesians 6:1 · Deuteronomy 27:16 · Proverbs 7:1–4 · Proverbs 1:8–9 · Proverbs 23:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.