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Proverbs 6:20 Interlinear

“keep My son commandment thy father's and forsake not the law of thy mother”

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Proverbs 6 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	נְצֹ֣ר	H5341	keep	to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
2	בְּ֭נִי	H1121	My 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	מִצְוַ֣ת	H4687	commandment	a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
4	אָבִ֑יךָ	H1	thy father's	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
5	וְאַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
6	תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ	H5203	and forsake	properly, to pound, i.e., smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusive
7	תּוֹרַ֥ת	H8451	not the law	a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch
8	אִמֶּֽךָ׃	H517	of thy mother	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

Proverbs 6:20 (current)keep My son commandment thy father's and forsake not the law of thy mother