Proverbs 3:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

King James Bible
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Hebrew
Never
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

let loving devotion
חֶ֥סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

or faithfulness
וֶאֱמֶ֗ת (we·’ĕ·meṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

leave you;
יַעַ֫זְבֻ֥ךָ (ya·‘az·ḇu·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

bind
קָשְׁרֵ֥ם (qā·šə·rêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

them
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

around your neck,
גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ (gar·gə·rō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1621: The throat

write
כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם (kā·ṯə·ḇêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3789: To grave, to write

them on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the tablet
ל֥וּחַ (lū·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal

of your heart.
לִבֶּֽךָ׃ (lib·be·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
OpenBible.com


Proverbs 3:2
Top of Page
Top of Page