Proverbs

Proverbs 6:22–23

²²When you walk, they will guide you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

when you awake, they will speak to you.

²³For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light,

and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When you walk	בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨׀	bə·hiṯ·hal·leḵ·ḵā	Preposition-b; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
they will guide you	תַּנְחֶ֬ה	tan·ḥeh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5148 lead, guide
when you	אֹתָ֗ךְ	’ō·ṯāḵ	Direct object marker; second person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
lie down	בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ	bə·šā·ḵə·bə·ḵā	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H7901 lie down
they will watch	תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר	tiš·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
over you	עָלֶ֑יךָ	‘ā·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5921 height
when you awake	וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ	wa·hă·qî·ṣō·w·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H6974 awake
they	הִ֣יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
will speak to you	תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃	ṯə·śî·ḥe·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H7878 muse, complain

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
this commandment	מִ֭צְוָה	miṣ·wāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4687 commandment
is a lamp	נֵ֣ר	nêr	Noun - masculine singular	H5216 lamp
this teaching	וְת֣וֹרָה	wə·ṯō·w·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
a light	א֑וֹר	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular	H216 light
and the reproofs	תּוֹכְח֥וֹת	tō·wḵ·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H8433 rebuke, correction
of discipline	מוּסָֽר׃	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
are the way	וְדֶ֥רֶךְ	wə·ḏe·reḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
to life	חַ֝יִּ֗ים	ḥay·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 6:22 Psalm 119:11 · Proverbs 3:23–24 · Psalm 119:24 · Proverbs 2:11 · Psalm 119:97 · Psalm 43:3 · Psalm 119:9 · Psalm 17:4 · Psalm 119:148 · Psalm 119:54

Proverbs 6:23 Psalm 119:105 · 2 Peter 1:19 · Psalm 19:8 · Proverbs 15:31 · Proverbs 4:13 · Proverbs 4:4 · Jeremiah 21:8 · Psalm 119:98–100 · Proverbs 15:24 · Psalm 141:5 · Proverbs 29:15 · Isaiah 8:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.