Proverbs 8:17 Go deeper

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אֲ֭נִי'A.niI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Proverbs 8:17 word 1

אֵהָ֑ב'e.HavI love

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to love: lover

Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Proverbs 8:17 word 2

וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗יu.me.sha.cha.Raiand [those who] earnestly seek me

Lemma: שָׁחַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7836

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)

Meaning: to seek

Used 12 times. Also: Job 7:21, Job 8:5, Job 24:5, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 78:34, Proverbs 1:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7836; TAHOT Proverbs 8:17 word 3

יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי\׃yim.tza.'U.nithey find me

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Proverbs 8:17 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
love	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
those who love me	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
and those who seek me early	→	שָׁחַר H7836 to seek
shall find me	→	מָצָא H4672 to find

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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