Proverbs 4:2 Go deeper

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. (KJV)

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כִּ֤יkifor

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 4:2 word 1

לֶ֣קַחLe.kachinstruction

Lemma: לֶ֫קַח (le.qach) · Strong's: H3948

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

Meaning: teaching

Used 9 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 11:4, Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3948; TAHOT Proverbs 4:2 word 2

ט֭וֹבTovgood

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Proverbs 4:2 word 3

נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI give

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:2 word 4

תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗יto.ra.Tiinstruction my

Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451

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

Meaning: instruction

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Proverbs 4:2 word 5

אַֽל\־'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 4:2 word 6

תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ\׃ta.'a.Zouyou neglect

Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqj2mp)

Meaning: to leave: neglect

Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 12:19, Deuteronomy 14:27, Nehemiah 10:39, Nehemiah 13:11, Job 20:19, Proverbs 10:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5800H; TAHOT Proverbs 4:2 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
I give	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
you	→
sound	→	טוֹב H2896A pleasant
teaching	→	לֶ֫קַח H3948 teaching
do not	→	אַל H0408 not
abandon	→	עָזַב H5800H to leave: neglect
my directive	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction

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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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