Proverbs 7:2 Go deeper

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

שְׁמֹ֣רshe.Morkeep

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Proverbs 7:2 word 1

מִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.Taicommandments my

Lemma: מִצְוָה (mits.vah) · Strong's: H4687

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: commandment

Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 24:12, Leviticus 4:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4687; TAHOT Proverbs 7:2 word 2

וֶחְיֵ֑הvech.Yehand live

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Proverbs 7:2 word 3

וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יve.to.ra.Tiand instruction 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 7:2 word 4

כְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.Shonlike [the] pupil of

Lemma: אִישׁוֹן (i.shon) · Strong's: H0380

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

Meaning: pupil

Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalms 17:8, Proverbs 7:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0380; TAHOT Proverbs 7:2 word 5

עֵינֶֽיךָ\׃'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 7:2 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Keep	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard
my commandments	→	מִצְוָה H4687 commandment
and live	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
guard my teachings	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction
as the apple	→	אִישׁוֹן H0380 pupil
of your eye	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye

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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