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Proverbs 4:3

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
Proverbs 4:3
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְאָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

  1. כִּי־ki-“if”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. בֵ֭ןven“a son”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from בֵּן · “child” · Strong's H1121A
  3. הָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.ti“I was”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  4. לְאָבִ֑יle.'a.Vi“of father my”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אָב · “father” · Strong's H0001G
  5. רַ֥ךְrakh“tender”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from רַךְ · “tender” · Strong's H7390
  6. וְ֝יָחִ֗ידve.ya.Chid“and only [child]”
    Conjunction + Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from יָחִיד · “only” · Strong's H3173
  7. לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei“<to> before”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from פָּנֶה · “face” · Strong's H6440H
  8. אִמִּֽי׃'i.Mi“mother my”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)