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ForכִּיI wasהָיִיתִיa sonבֵןto my father,לְאָבִיtenderרַךְand onlyוְיָחִידbeforeלִפְנֵיmy mother.אִמִּי
Proverbs 4:3
Study it in the app“For I was a son to my father, tender and only before my mother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 4:3, word by word
- I wasהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- a sonבֵןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- to my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- tenderרַךְrach
tender
Delicate, like a child.
Where else “rach” appears- and onlyיָחִידyachid
only
The only child of his parents, the most beloved.
Where else “yachid” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears
The context
2For good teaching I give you; my instruction do not abandon.
3 · This verse (above)
4And he instructed me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.