Proverbs 8:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֢עַֽ֫ לִ֥י לִשְׁקֹ֣ד עַל־דַּ֭לְתֹתַי י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾašrê ʾādām šōmēaʿ to-me, to-šᵊqōd upon-daltōtay yôm yôm, to-šᵊmōr mᵊzûzōt pᵊtāḥāy

Grammar Details

• *ʾašrê*: masculine plural construct - happy is
• *ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/person
• *šōmēaʿ*: qal participle masculine singular - listening/hearing
• *šᵊqōd*: qal infinitive construct - to watch/be diligent
• *daltōtay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my doors
• *yôm yôm*: masculine singular noun repeated - day by day
• *šᵊmōr*: qal infinitive construct - to keep/guard
• *mᵊzûzōt*: feminine plural construct - doorposts of
• *pᵊtāḥāy*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my entrances

Word Meanings

• *ʾašrê*: happy is/blessed is
• *ʾādām*: man/person/human
• *šōmēaʿ*: listening/hearing/obeying
• *šᵊqōd*: to watch/be diligent/be alert
• *daltōtay*: my doors/doorways
• *šᵊmōr*: to keep/guard/protect
• *mᵊzûzōt*: doorposts/gateposts
• *pᵊtāḥāy*: my entrances/openings/doorways

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:13 : 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
• 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.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
• Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word.
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
• John 8:31-32 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
• Acts 2:42 : 42 And {G2258} they continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.
• Acts 17:11-12 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures {G2596} daily, whether these things were so. 12 Many of them therefore {G3303} believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.
• Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
• Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Ps 92:13 : 13 They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
• Prov 1:21 : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
• Prov 2:3-4 : 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: