Proverbs 25:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁלֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶ֝עְתִּ֗יקוּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י ׀ חִזְקִיָּ֬ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

Also these mišlê šĕlōmōh which heʿtîqû ʾanšê ḥizqiyyāh melek-yĕhûdāh

Grammar Details

*gam*: conjunction - also/moreover
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*mišlê*: construct state of *mašal*, plural - proverbs of
*šĕlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*heʿtîqû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they transcribed/copied/collected
*ʾanšê*: construct state of *ʾîš*, plural - men of
*ḥizqiyyāh*: proper noun - Hezekiah
*melek*: noun, construct - king of
*yĕhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah

Word Meanings

*mišlê*: proverbs of/parables of/sayings of
*heʿtîqû*: transcribed/copied/collected/compiled/transferred
*ʾanšê*: men of/people of/servants of

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Referenced Verses

Prov 1:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Eccl 12:9 : 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Isa 1:1 : 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isa 36:22 : 22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Isa 37:2 : 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Mic 1:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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