Proverbs 7:2

“Keep my commandments and live, and my instruction like the pupil of your eye.”

Proverbs 7:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 7:2, word by word

Keepשְׁמֹרshemor

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shemor” appears
my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

Where else “mitsvota” appears
and liveחְיֵהcheye

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

Where else “cheye” appears
my instructionתוֹרָתִtorati

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “torati” appears
like the pupilאִישׁוֹןishon

pupil

The centre of the eye: what one guards most.

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of your eyeעֵינֶיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears

The context

1My son, keep my sayings, and treasure up my commandments with you.

2 · This verse (above)

3Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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