Proverbs

Proverbs 7:1–5

¹My son, keep my words

and treasure my commandments within you.

²Keep my commandments and live;

guard my teachings as the apple^a of your eye.

³Tie them to your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call understanding your kinsman,

⁵that they may keep you from the adulteress,

from the stranger with seductive words.

Footnotes

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	שְׁמֹ֣ר	šə·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
my words	אֲמָרָ֑י	’ă·mā·rāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H561 something said
and treasure	תִּצְפֹּ֥ן	tiṣ·pōn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6845 hide, treasure up
my commandments	וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י	ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H4687 commandment
within you	אִתָּֽךְ׃	’it·tāḵ	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H854 with

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Keep	שְׁמֹ֣ר	šə·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
my commandments	מִצְוֺתַ֣י	miṣ·wō·ṯay	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H4687 commandment
and live	וֶחְיֵ֑ה	weḥ·yêh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2421 live
guard my teachings	וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י	wə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
as the apple	כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן	kə·’î·šō·wn	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H380 pupil
of your eye	עֵינֶֽיךָ׃	‘ê·ne·ḵā	Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Tie them	קָשְׁרֵ֥ם	qā·šə·rêm	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7194 bind, league together, conspire
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your fingers	אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ	’eṣ·bə·‘ō·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H676 finger
write them	כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם	kā·ṯə·ḇêm	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H3789 write
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the tablet	ל֥וּחַ	lū·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3871 tablet, board or plank, plate
of your heart	לִבֶּֽךָ׃	lib·be·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Say	אֱמֹ֣ר	’ĕ·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to wisdom	לַֽ֭חָכְמָה	la·ḥā·ḵə·māh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
You	אָ֑תְּ	’āt	Pronoun - second person feminine singular	H859 thou
are my sister	אֲחֹ֣תִי	’ă·ḥō·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H269 sister
and call	תִקְרָֽא׃	ṯiq·rā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
understanding	לַבִּינָ֥ה	lab·bî·nāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H998 understanding
your kinsman	וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע	ū·mō·ḏā‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H4129 kinsman

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
that they may keep you	לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ	liš·mā·rə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
from the adulteress	זָרָ֑ה	zā·rāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2114 be a stranger
from the stranger	מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה	min·nā·ḵə·rî·yāh	Preposition-m; Adjective - feminine singular	H5237 foreign, alien
with seductive	הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃	he·ḥĕ·lî·qāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2505 divide, share
words	אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ	’ă·mā·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H561 something said