Proverbs 22:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי לְ֭ךָ *שלשום **שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָדָֽעַת׃

Transliteration

Have-not KāTabTî to-you šālîšîm in mô'ēṣōT and dā'aT?

Grammar Details

Have-not: interrogative particle with negative particle, *hălō'* - have not/did not
*KāTabTî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have written
to-you: preposition with pronominal suffix, *lĕKā* - to/for you
*šālîšîm*: noun, masculine plural - thirty/officers/excellent things
in: preposition, *bĕ* - in/with
*mô'ēṣōT*: noun, feminine plural - counsels/advices
and: conjunction, *wā* - and
*dā'aT*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge

Word Meanings

*KāTabTî*: I have written/I have recorded/I have inscribed
*šālîšîm*: excellent things/choice sayings/thirty (things)/officers
*mô'ēṣōT*: counsels/advices/plans/deliberations
*dā'aT*: knowledge/insight/understanding

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 8:6 : 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Hos 8:12 : 12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable{(G5624)} for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Ps 12:6 : 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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