Take holdהַחֲזֵקof correction;בַּמּוּסָרdo notאַלlet go;תֶּרֶףguard her,נִצְּרֶהָforכִּיsheהִיאis your life.חַיֶּיךָ
Proverbs 4:13
Study it in the app“Take hold of correction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Proverbs 4:13, word by word
- Take holdהַחֲזֵקhachazek
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hachazek” appears- of correctionמּוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- let goתֶּרֶףteref
let go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “teref” appears- guard herנִצְּרֶnitsre
observe
To put into practice what is commanded and guard it like a treasure.
Where else “nitsre” appears- is your lifeחַיֶּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears
The context
12When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 · This verse (above)
14Into the path of the wicked do not enter, and do not walk in the way of evil men.