Proverbs 2:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

bənî if tiqqaḥ ʾămārāy and-miṣwōṯay tiṣpōn with-you

Grammar Details

• *bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son
• *tiqqaḥ*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will take/receive
• *ʾămārāy*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my sayings/words
• *miṣwōṯay*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my commandments
• *tiṣpōn*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will treasure/store up
• *ʾittāḵ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

• *tiqqaḥ*: take/receive/accept
• *tiṣpōn*: treasure/store up/hide/preserve

Referenced Verses

• Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
• Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
• Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
• John 12:47-48 : 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
• Matt 13:44 : 44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
• Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
• Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
• Prov 4:10 : 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
• Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
• Prov 6:21 : 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
• Job 23:12 : 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Ps 119:9-9 : 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Prov 1:3 : 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
• Luke 9:44 : 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.