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It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. (KJV)
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רִ֭פְאוּתRif.'uthealing
Lemma: רִפְאוּת (riph.ut) · Strong's: H7500
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: healing
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7500; TAHOT Proverbs 3:8 word 1
תְּהִ֣יte.Himay it be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqj3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Proverbs 3:8 word 2
לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָle.sha.Re.khato navel your
Lemma: שֹׁר (shor) · Strong's: H8270
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: umbilical cord
Used 2 times. Also: Ezekiel 16:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8270; TAHOT Proverbs 3:8 word 3
וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּיve.shi.Kuiand refreshment
Lemma: שִׁקּוּי (shiq.quy) · Strong's: H8250
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: drink
Used 2 times. Also: Hosea 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8250; TAHOT Proverbs 3:8 word 4
לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ\׃le.'atz.mo.Tei.khato bones your
Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: bone
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 13:19, Numbers 9:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6106G; TAHOT Proverbs 3:8 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This will bring | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| healing | → | רִפְאוּת H7500 healing |
| to your body | → | שֹׁר H8270 umbilical cord |
| and refreshment | → | שִׁקּוּי H8250 drink |
| to your bones | → | עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone |
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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