Proverbs 22:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲנֹ֣ךְ לַ֭נַּעַר עַל־פִּ֣י דַרְכּ֑וֹ גַּ֥ם כִּֽי־יַ֝זְקִ֗ין לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

ḥănoK to-the-na'ar upon pî darkô; also when yazqîn not yāsûr from-her.

Grammar Details

• *ḥănoK*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - train/dedicate
• to-the-*na'ar*: preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - to the youth
• upon: preposition, *'al* - upon/according to
• *pî*: noun, masculine singular construct - mouth/opening/command of
• *darkô*: noun with pronominal suffix, masculine singular - his way
• also: particle, *gam* - also/even
• when: conjunction, *kî* - when/for/because
• *yazqîn*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he grows old
• not: negative particle, *lō'* - not
• *yāsûr*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will turn aside
• from-her: preposition with pronominal suffix, *mimmennāh* - from her/it (feminine)

Word Meanings

• *ḥănoK*: train/instruct/initiate/dedicate
• *na'ar*: youth/boy/child/servant
• *pî*: mouth of/according to/entrance of
• *darkô*: his way/his path/his journey/his conduct
• *yazqîn*: grows old/becomes aged
• *yāsûr*: turn aside/depart/deviate

Referenced Verses

• Eph 6:4 : 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
• Deut 6:7 : 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
• 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.
• 1 Sam 12:2-3 : 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day. 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
• 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.