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Proverbs 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.


Proverbs 4:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 4:38 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בֵ֭ןbēn
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָיִ֣יתִיhāyiytiy
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/אָבִ֑/יləʾābiy
fatherpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
רַ֥ךְrakə
faintadjH7390
soft · tender · one) · weak
וְ֝/יָחִ֗ידwəyāḥiyd
darlingconjH3173
desolate · only (child · son) · solitary
לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אִמִּֽ/יʾimiy
damnounH517
mother · parting
Words 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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