Proverbs 4:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

tittēn lərōʾšəkā liwyat-ḥēn ʿăṭeret tipʾeret təmaggənekā

Grammar Details

*tittēn*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, qal - she will give
*lərōʾšəkā*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your head
*liwyat-ḥēn*: feminine singular construct noun + masculine singular noun - wreath/garland of grace/favor
*ʿăṭeret*: feminine singular construct noun - crown of
*tipʾeret*: feminine singular noun - beauty/glory/splendor
*təmaggənekā*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, piel + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - she will bestow/present/deliver to you

Word Meanings

*liwyat*: wreath/garland/ornament
*ḥēn*: grace/favor/charm
*tipʾeret*: beauty/glory/splendor/adornment
*təmaggənekā*: bestow/present/deliver/shield you

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 1:9 : 9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Prov 3:22 : 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
Prov 16:31 : 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
Isa 28:5 : 5 In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;
1 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 In like manner, {G2532} that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; 10 but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.
Heb 2:7-9 : 7 Thou madest him a little {G5100} lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him. 9 But we behold him who hath been made a little {G5100} lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man].
1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Rev 3:21 : 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

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