Proverbs 1:3 Go deeper

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; (KJV)

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לָ֭קַחַתLa.ka.chatto receive

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to take: recieve

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 33:11, Exodus 22:11, Exodus 25:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:3 word 1

מוּסַ֣רmu.Sarcorrection of

Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: discipline: instruction

Used 19 times. Also: Job 36:10, Proverbs 1:2, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4148H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:3 word 2

הַשְׂכֵּ֑לhas.Kelinsight

Lemma: שָׂכַל (sa.khal) · Strong's: H7919A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVhaa)

Meaning: be prudent

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Deuteronomy 29:9, Deuteronomy 32:29, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:8, 1 Samuel 18:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7919A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:3 word 3

צֶ֥דֶקTze.dekrighteousness

Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: righteousness

Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Proverbs 1:3 word 4

וּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טu.mish.Patand justice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:3 word 5

וּמֵישָׁרִֽים\׃u.mei.sha.Rimand uprightness<es>

Lemma: מֵישָׁר (me.shar) · Strong's: H4339

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: uprightness

Used 19 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 29:17, Psalms 9:8, Psalms 17:2, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 75:2, Psalms 96:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4339; TAHOT Proverbs 1:3 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[and] for receiving	→	לָקַח H3947H to take: recieve
instruction	→	מוּסָר H4148H discipline: instruction
in wise living	→	שָׂכַל H7919A be prudent
and in righteousness	→	צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness
justice	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice
and equity	→	מֵישָׁר H4339 uprightness

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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