Proverbs 22:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 22:611 words

HebrewMeaning

חֲנֹ֣ךְḥănōkə

dedicateverbH2596

train up

לַ֭/נַּעַרlanaʿar

babepronH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

פִּ֣יpiy

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

דַרְכּ֑/וֹdarəkwō

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

גַּ֥םgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

יַ֝זְקִ֗יןyazəqiyn

aged manverbH2204

be old

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָס֥וּרyāswr

beverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

מִמֶּֽ/נָּהmimenāh

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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