8{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.8",
"source": "לִ֭נְצֹר אָרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ *חסידו **חֲסִידָ֣יו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃",
"text": "to-*nəṣōr* *ʾārəḥôṯ* *mišpāṭ* and-*dеrеḵ* *ḥăsîḏāyw* *yišmōr*",
"grammar": {
"*nəṣōr*": "verb, qal infinitive construct - to guard/keep",
"*ʾārəḥôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - paths of",
"*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment",
"*dеrеḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of",
"*ḥăsîḏāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithful ones/saints",
"*yišmōr*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will guard/preserve"
},
"variants": {
"*nəṣōr*": "guard/keep/watch/preserve",
"*ʾārəḥôṯ*": "paths/ways/roads",
"*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/ordinance/right",
"*dеrеḵ*": "way/path/journey",
"*ḥăsîḏāyw*": "his faithful ones/his godly ones/his saints",
"*yišmōr*": "guard/keep/watch over/preserve"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.9",
"source": "אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃",
"text": "then *tāḇîn* *ṣеḏеq* and-*mišpāṭ* and-*mêšārîm* all-*maʿgal*-*ṭôḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*tāḇîn*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will understand",
"*ṣеḏеq*": "noun, masculine singular - righteousness",
"*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment",
"*mêšārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - equity/uprightness",
"*maʿgal*": "noun, masculine singular construct - path/track",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good"
},
"variants": {
"*tāḇîn*": "understand/discern/perceive",
"*ṣеḏеq*": "righteousness/rightness/what is right",
"*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/right",
"*mêšārîm*": "equity/uprightness/straightness",
"*maʿgal*": "path/track/way",
"*ṭôḇ*": "good/pleasant/agreeable"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.10",
"source": "כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא חָכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃",
"text": "for-*ṯāḇôʾ* *ḥāḵmāh* in-*libеḵā* and-*daʿaṯ* to-*nafšəḵā* *yinʿām*",
"grammar": {
"*ṯāḇôʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will come",
"*ḥāḵmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - wisdom",
"*libеḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart",
"*daʿaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - knowledge",
"*nafšəḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul",
"*yinʿām*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be pleasant"
},
"variants": {
"*ṯāḇôʾ*": "come/enter/arrive",
"*ḥāḵmāh*": "wisdom/skill/intelligence",
"*daʿaṯ*": "knowledge/understanding/perception",
"*nafšəḵā*": "your soul/life/self/desire",
"*yinʿām*": "be pleasant/be agreeable/be delightful"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.11",
"source": "מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃",
"text": "*məzimmāh* *tišmōr* upon-you *təḇûnāh* *ṯinṣərеḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*məzimmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - discretion/purpose/device",
"*tišmōr*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she will guard/keep",
"*ʿālеḵā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon you",
"*təḇûnāh*": "noun, feminine singular - understanding",
"*ṯinṣərеḵā*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - she will protect you"
},
"variants": {
"*məzimmāh*": "discretion/purpose/device/plan/prudence",
"*tišmōr*": "guard/keep/watch/preserve",
"*təḇûnāh*": "understanding/insight/discernment",
"*ṯinṣərеḵā*": "protect/guard/preserve you"
}
}