Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 4:3 Interlinear

“ son For I was my father's tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother”

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Proverbs 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	בֵ֭ן	H1121	son	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
3	הָיִ֣יתִי	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4	לְאָבִ֑י	H1	For I was my father's	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
5	רַ֥ךְ	H7390	tender	tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
6	וְ֝יָחִ֗יד	H3173	and only	properly, united, i.e., sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)
7	לִפְנֵ֥י	H6440	beloved in the sight	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
8	אִמִּֽי׃	H517	of my mother	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

Proverbs 4:3 (current) son For I was my father's tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother