Proverbs 4:25 Go deeper

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. (KJV)

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עֵ֭ינֶיךָ'Ei.nei.khaeyes your

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Proverbs 4:25 word 1

לְנֹ֣כַחle.No.khach<to> before

Lemma: נֹ֫כַח (no.khach) · Strong's: H5227

Parsing: Acmsa (Acmsa)

Meaning: before

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 25:21, Genesis 30:38, Exodus 14:2, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 40:24, Numbers 19:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5227; TAHOT Proverbs 4:25 word 2

יַבִּ֑יטוּya.Bi.tulet them look

Lemma: נָבַט (na.vat) · Strong's: H5027

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: to look

Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:26, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 33:8, Numbers 12:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5027; TAHOT Proverbs 4:25 word 3

וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָve.'af.'a.Pei.khaand eyelids your

Lemma: עַפְעַף (aph.aph) · Strong's: H6079

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: eyelid

Used 10 times. Also: Job 3:9, Job 16:16, Job 41:18, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 6:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6079; TAHOT Proverbs 4:25 word 4

יַיְשִׁ֥רוּyay.Shi.rulet them look straight

Lemma: יָשַׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3474

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: to smooth

Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 23:27, Judges 14:3, Judges 14:7, 1 Samuel 6:12, 1 Samuel 18:20, 1 Samuel 18:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3474; TAHOT Proverbs 4:25 word 5

נֶגְדֶּֽךָ\׃neg.De.khabefore you

Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)

Meaning: before

Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 33:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5048; TAHOT Proverbs 4:25 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Let your eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
look	→	נָבַט H5027 to look
forward	→	נֹ֫כַח H5227 before
fix your gaze	→	עַפְעַף H6079 eyelid
straight	→	יָשַׁר H3474 to smooth
ahead	→	נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before

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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