Proverbs 22:20 Go deeper
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Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, (KJV)
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הֲלֹ֤אha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 22:20 word 1
כָתַ֣בְתִּיkha.Tav.tihave I written
Lemma: כָּתַב (ka.tav) · Strong's: H3789
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to write
Used 222 times. Also: Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 31:18, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3789; TAHOT Proverbs 22:20 word 2
בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣תbe.Mo.'e.Tzot<in> counsels
Lemma: מוֹעֵצָה (mo.e.tsah) · Strong's: H4156
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: counsel
Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 5:10, Psalms 81:12, Proverbs 1:31, Jeremiah 7:24, Hosea 11:6, Micah 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4156; TAHOT Proverbs 22:20 word 3
וָדָֽעַת\׃va.Da.'atand knowledge
Lemma: דַּ֫עַת (da.at) · Strong's: H1847
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: knowledge
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 35:31, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 4:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1847; TAHOT Proverbs 22:20 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Have I not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| written | → | כָּתַב H3789 to write |
| for you | → | |
| thirty sayings | → | שִׁלְשֹׁם H8032 three days ago |
| about counsel | → | מוֹעֵצָה H4156 counsel |
| and knowledge | → | דַּ֫עַת H1847 knowledge |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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