Proverbs

Proverbs 7:2

2Keep my commandments and live;

guard my teachings as the applea of your eye.

Footnotes

  • a 7:2 Literally the pupil

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Word by word

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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

Cross-references

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.