Proverbs

Proverbs 7:2–4

2Keep my commandments and live;

guard my teachings as the applea 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,

Footnotes

  • a 7:2 Literally the pupil

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Proverbs 7:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Keepשְׁמֹ֣רšə·mōrVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH8104 keep, watch, preserve
my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַ֣יmiṣ·wō·ṯayNoun - feminine plural construct; first person common singularH4687 commandment
and liveוֶחְיֵ֑הweḥ·yêhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH2421 live
guard my teachingsוְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יwə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯîConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH8451 direction, instruction, law
as the appleכְּאִישׁ֥וֹןkə·’î·šō·wnPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH380 pupil
of your eyeעֵינֶֽיךָ׃‘ê·ne·ḵāNoun - cdc; second person masculine singularH5869 eye

Proverbs 7:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Tie themקָשְׁרֵ֥םqā·šə·rêmVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine pluralH7194 bind, league together, conspire
toעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
your fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ’eṣ·bə·‘ō·ṯe·ḵāNoun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singularH676 finger
write themכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םkā·ṯə·ḇêmVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine pluralH3789 write
onעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the tabletל֥וּחַlū·aḥNoun - masculine singular constructH3871 tablet, board or plank, plate
of your heartלִבֶּֽךָ׃lib·be·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH3820 inner man, mind, will, heart

Proverbs 7:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Sayאֱמֹ֣ר’ĕ·mōrVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH559 utter, say
to wisdomלַֽ֭חָכְמָהla·ḥā·ḵə·māhPreposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singularH2451 wisdom
Youאָ֑תְּ’ātPronoun - second person feminine singularH859 thou
are my sisterאֲחֹ֣תִי’ă·ḥō·ṯîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH269 sister
and callתִקְרָֽא׃ṯiq·rāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
understandingלַבִּינָ֥הlab·bî·nāhPreposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singularH998 understanding
your kinsmanוּ֝מֹדָ֗עū·mō·ḏā‘Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH4129 kinsman

Cross-references

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Proverbs 7:2 Psalm 17:8 · 1 John 2:3–4 · Proverbs 4:4 · Leviticus 18:5 · John 14:21 · 1 John 5:1–3 · John 12:49–50 · John 15:14 · Isaiah 55:3 · Deuteronomy 32:10 · Proverbs 4:13 · Zechariah 2:8

Proverbs 7:3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20 · Proverbs 3:3 · Deuteronomy 6:8–9 · Jeremiah 31:33 · 2 Corinthians 3:3 · Isaiah 30:8 · Proverbs 6:21 · Jeremiah 17:1

Proverbs 7:4 Proverbs 4:6–8 · Proverbs 2:2–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.