Proverbs 4:3 Go deeper

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (KJV)

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כִּי\־ki-if

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 4:3 word 1

בֵ֭ןvena son

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

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

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 4:3 word 2

הָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiI was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

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 4:3 word 3

לְאָבִ֑יle.'a.Viof father my

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

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

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:3 word 4

רַ֥ךְrakhtender

Lemma: רַךְ (rakh) · Strong's: H7390

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

Meaning: tender

Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 18:7, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 33:13, Deuteronomy 20:8, Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7390; TAHOT Proverbs 4:3 word 5

וְ֝יָחִ֗ידve.ya.Chidand only [child]

Lemma: יָחִיד (ya.chid) · Strong's: H3173

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: only

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 22:16, Judges 11:34, Psalms 22:20, Psalms 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3173; TAHOT Proverbs 4:3 word 6

לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> before

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

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

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Proverbs 4:3 word 7

אִמִּֽי\׃'i.Mimother my

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

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

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Proverbs 4:3 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

When	→	כִּי H3588A for
I was	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
a son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
to my father	→	אָב H0001G father
tender	→	רַךְ H7390 tender
and the only child	→	יָחִיד H3173 only
of	→	פָּנֶה H6440H face
my mother	→	אֵם H0517 mother

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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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