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What,מַהmy son?בְּרִיAndוּwhat,מַהsonבַּרof my womb?בִּטְנִיAndוּwhat,מֶהsonבַּרof my vows?נְדָרָי
Proverbs 31:2
Study it in the app“What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 31:2, word by word
- my sonבְּרִberi
son
Son, heir. It is the Aramaic word for "son", which appears a few times in the Hebrew of the Bible (Psalm 2:12; Proverbs 31:2).
Where else “beri” appears- of my wombבִּטְנִbitni
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “bitni” appears- of my vowsנְדָרָnedara
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nedara” appears
The context
1The words of Lemuel, king, the burden with which his mother corrected him.
2 · This verse (above)
3Do not give your vigor to women, nor your ways to those who destroy kings.