Proverbs 20:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֣ם בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר־נָ֑עַר אִם־זַ֖ךְ וְאִם־יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Also in-maʿalālāyw yitnakker-nāʿar if-zak and-if-yāšār pāʿolô

Grammar Details

*maʿalālāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his deeds/actions
*yitnakker*: verb, Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - makes himself known
*nāʿar*: noun, masculine singular - youth/child/boy
*zak*: adjective, masculine singular - pure
*yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular - upright/straight
*pāʿolô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his work/deed

Word Meanings

*maʿalālāyw*: his deeds/actions/practices
*yitnakker*: makes himself known/is recognized/is discerned
*nāʿar*: youth/child/boy/young person
*zak*: pure/clean/innocent
*yāšār*: upright/straight/right
*pāʿolô*: his work/deed/conduct

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 7:16 : 16 By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Luke 6:43-44 : 43 For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit. 44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:66 : 66 And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 2:46-47 : 46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions: 47 and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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