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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD ; neither be weary of his correction: (KJV)
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מוּסַ֣רmu.Sar[the] discipline of
Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: discipline
Used 29 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:2, Job 5:17, Job 20:3, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 5:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 1
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 2
בְּנִ֣יbe.NiO son my
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 3
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 4
תִּמְאָ֑סtim.'Asyou reject
Lemma: מָאַס (ma.as) · Strong's: H3988A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to reject
Used 74 times. Also: Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:43, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:31, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3988A; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 5
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 6
תָּ֝קֹ֗ץta.Kotzyou loath
Lemma: קוּץ (quts) · Strong's: H6973
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to loathe
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 27:46, Exodus 1:12, Leviticus 20:23, Numbers 21:5, Numbers 22:3, 1 Kings 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6973; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 7
בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ\׃be.to.khach.To<in> rebuke his
Lemma: תּוֹכַ֫חַת (to.kha.chat) · Strong's: H8433B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: argument
Used 24 times. Also: Job 13:6, Job 23:4, Psalms 38:14, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 73:14, Proverbs 1:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8433B; TAHOT Proverbs 3:11 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| reject | → | מָאַס H3988A to reject |
| the discipline | → | מוּסָר H4148G discipline |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| and do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| loathe | → | קוּץ H6973 to loathe |
| His rebuke | → | תּוֹכַ֫חַת H8433B argument |
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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