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

trainverbH2596

train up

לַ֭/נַּעַרlanaʿar

the youthpronH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

פִּ֣יpiy

the mouth ofnounH6310

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

דַרְכּ֑/וֹdarəkwō

way hisnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

גַּ֥םgam

alsoparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

כִּֽיkiy

ifconjH3588

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

יַ֝זְקִ֗יןyazəqiyn

he will be oldverbH2204

be old

לֹֽאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָס֥וּרyāswr

he will turn asideverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

מִמֶּֽ/נָּהmimenāh

from itpronH4480

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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Train Up a Child

Train a child in the way they should go, and when they're old, they won't depart from it. This verse has been used to promise that if you parent right, your kids will turn out right. But life rarely w...