Proverbs 13:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

tôrat ḥākām məqôr ḥayyîm lāsûr mimmōqəšê māwet

Grammar Details

*tôrat*: noun, feminine singular construct - instruction/law of
*ḥākām*: adjective, masculine singular - wise person
*məqôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - fountain/source of
*ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
*lāsûr*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to turn away from
*mimmōqəšê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from snares of
*māwet*: noun, masculine singular - death

Word Meanings

*tôrat*: instruction/law/teaching
*ḥākām*: wise person/sage
*məqôr*: fountain/source/wellspring
*ḥayyîm*: life/living
*lāsûr*: to turn away from/to depart from
*mōqəšê*: snares/traps
*māwet*: death/mortality

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Prov 14:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
2 Sam 22:6-7 : 6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. 7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.
Prov 15:24 : 24 To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Prov 16:6 : 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

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