if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,Proverbs 2:4
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃
- אִם־'im-“if”Particle · from אִם · “if” · Strong's H0518A
- תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּהte.vak.She.nah“you will seek it”Verb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from בָּקַשׁ · “to seek” · Strong's H1245
- כַכָּ֑סֶףkha.Ka.sef“like <the> silver”Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כֶּ֫סֶף · “money” · Strong's H3701G
- וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥יםve.kha.mat.mo.Nim“and like <the> treasures”Conjunction + Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from מַטְמוֹן · “treasure” · Strong's H4301
- תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃tach.pe.Se.nah“you will search for it”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from חָפַשׂ · “to search” · Strong's H2664
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)