Proverbs 1:9 Go deeper

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. (KJV)

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כִּ֤י\׀kifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 1

לִוְיַ֤תliv.Yat[will be] a wreath of

Lemma: לִוְיָה (liv.yah) · Strong's: H3880

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: wreath

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 4:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3880; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 2

חֵ֓ןchenfavor

Lemma: חֵן (chen) · Strong's: H2580

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

Meaning: favor

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 6:8, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 33:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2580; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 3

הֵ֬םhemthey

Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)

Meaning: they(masc.)

Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 4

לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָle.ro.She.khafor head your

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

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

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 5

וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗יםva.'a.na.Kimand necklaces

Lemma: עֲנָק (a.naq) · Strong's: H6060B

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

Meaning: necklace

Used 3 times. Also: Judges 8:26, Song of Solomon 4:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6060B; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 6

לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ\׃le.gar.ge.ro.Tei.khafor neck your

Lemma: גַּרְגְּרוֹת (gar.ge.rot) · Strong's: H1621

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: neck

Used 4 times. Also: Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 3:22, Proverbs 6:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1621; TAHOT Proverbs 1:9 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
they	→	הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.)
[are] a garland	→	לִוְיָה H3880 wreath
of grace	→	חֵן H2580 favor
on your head	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head
and a pendant	→	עֲנָק H6060B necklace
around your neck	→	גַּרְגְּרוֹת H1621 neck

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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