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Forכִּיby meבִיyour daysיָמֶיךָwill be multiplied,יִרְבּוּandוְyearsשְׁנוֹתof lifeחַיִּיםwill be addedיוֹסִיפוּto you.לְּךָ
Proverbs 9:11
Study it in the app“For by me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:11, word by word
- your daysיָמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- will be multipliedיִרְבּוּyirbu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbu” appears- yearsשְׁנוֹתshenot
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shenot” appears- of lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- will be addedיוֹסִיפוּyosifu
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosifu” appears
The context
10The start of wisdom is the fear of YHWH, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 · This verse (above)
12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.