Proverbs 4:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּמּוּסָ֣ר אַל־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ כִּי־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

haḥăzēq bammûsār ʾal-terep niṣṣərehā kî-hîʾ ḥayyêkā

Grammar Details

• *haḥăzēq*: imperative, masculine singular, hiphil - take hold of/grasp firmly
• *bammûsār*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the instruction/discipline
• *ʾal-terep*: negative particle + imperfect (jussive), 2nd person masculine singular, hiphil - do not let go
• *niṣṣərehā*: imperative, masculine singular, qal + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - keep/guard her
• *kî-hîʾ*: conjunction + 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - for she
• *ḥayyêkā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your life

Word Meanings

• *haḥăzēq*: take hold of/grasp firmly/strengthen
• *terep*: let go/release/slacken
• *niṣṣərehā*: keep/guard/preserve/watch her

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
• Prov 3:22 : 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
• Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
• Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore {G5124} we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days {G1722} of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
• Gen 32:26 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
• Deut 32:47 : 47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
• Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
• Song 3:4 : 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
• Luke 24:27-29 : 27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further. 29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
• John 4:39-42 : 39 And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that [ever] I did. 40 So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word; 42 and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
• John 6:68 : 68 {G3767} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
• Acts 2:42 : 42 And {G2258} they continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:
• 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 prove all things; hold fast that which is good;