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Forכִּיthe commandmentמִצְוָהis a lamp,נֵרandוְthe instructionתוֹרָהa light,אוֹרandוְthe reproofsתּוֹכְחוֹתof correctionמוּסָרare the wayדֶרֶךְof life,חַיִּים
Proverbs 6:23
Study it in the app“For the commandment is a lamp, and the instruction a light, and the reproofs of correction are the way of life,”
The commandment is a lamp and instruction is lightThe Word of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 6:23, word by word
- the commandmentמִצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- is a lampנֵרner
lamp
Lamp: a vessel with oil and a wick; also light.
Where else “ner” appears- the instructionתוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- a lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- the reproofsתּוֹכְחוֹתtochchot
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochchot” appears- of correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- are the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears
The context
22When you walk about, it will lead you; when you lie down, it will watch over you; and when you awake, it will talk with you.
23 · This verse (above)
24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the tongue of the foreign woman.