They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.Proverbs 3:22
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
וְיִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝חֵ֗ן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃
- וְיִֽהְי֣וּve.yih.Yu“so they may be”Conjunction + Verb, qal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
- חַיִּ֣יםchai.Yim“life”Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from חַיִּים · “life” · Strong's H2416E
- לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָle.naf.She.kha“for self your”Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from נֶ֫פֶשׁ · “soul” · Strong's H5315G
- וְ֝חֵ֗ןve.Chen“and grace”Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from חֵן · “favor” · Strong's H2580
- לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃le.gar.ge.ro.Tei.kha“for neck your”Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from גַּרְגְּרוֹת · “neck” · Strong's H1621
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)