Proverbs 3:18 Go deeper

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

עֵץ\־'etz-[is] a tree of

Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086H

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

Meaning: tree

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6086H; TAHOT Proverbs 3:18 word 1

חַיִּ֣יםchai.Yimlife

Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E

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

Meaning: life

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Proverbs 3:18 word 2

הִ֭יאhi'she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 3:18 word 3

לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣יםla.ma.cha.zi.Kimto <the> [those who] take hold

Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVhrmpa)

Meaning: to strengthen: hold

Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 21:18, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Proverbs 3:18 word 4

וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָve.to.me.Khei.haand [those who] hold fast to her

Lemma: תָּמַךְ (ta.makh) · Strong's: H8551

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to grasp

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 48:17, Exodus 17:12, Job 36:17, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 17:5, Psalms 41:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8551; TAHOT Proverbs 3:18 word 5

מְאֻשָּֽׁר\׃\ \פme.'u.Shar[are] called blessed

Lemma: אָשַׁר (a.shar) · Strong's: H0833

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)

Meaning: to bless

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 30:13, Job 29:11, Psalms 72:17, Proverbs 4:14, Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 23:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0833; TAHOT Proverbs 3:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

She	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is a tree	→	עֵץ H6086H tree
of life	→	חַיִּים H2416E life
to those who embrace	→	חָזַק H2388H to strengthen: hold
her	→
and those who lay hold of her	→	תָּמַךְ H8551 to grasp
are blessed	→	אָשַׁר H0833 to bless

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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