Proverbs 4:8 Go deeper

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

סַלְסְלֶ֥הָsal.se.Le.haesteem her

Lemma: סָלַל (sa.lal) · Strong's: H5549

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)

Meaning: to build

Used 12 times. Also: Exodus 9:17, Job 19:12, Job 30:12, Psalms 68:4, Proverbs 15:19, Isaiah 57:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5549; TAHOT Proverbs 4:8 word 1

וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּu.te.ro.Me.kaand she will exalt you

Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpu3fs)

Meaning: to exalt

Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT Proverbs 4:8 word 2

תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָte.kha.Be.de.khashe will honor you

Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.vad) · Strong's: H3513G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpi3fs)

Meaning: to honor: honour

Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 34:19, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3513G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:8 word 3

כִּ֣יkiif

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 4:8 word 4

תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה\׃te.chab.be.Ke.nahyou will embrace her

Lemma: חָבַק (cha.vaq) · Strong's: H2263

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to embrace

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 48:10, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 24:8, Proverbs 5:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2263; TAHOT Proverbs 4:8 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

Prize her	→	סָלַל H5549 to build
and she will exalt you	→	רוּם H7311A to exalt
if	→	כִּי H3588A for
you embrace her	→	חָבַק H2263 to embrace
she will honor you	→	כָּבֵד H3513G to honor: honour

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

All attributions

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).

All attributions and changes