Proverbs 4:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְאָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

Transliteration

kî-bēn hāyîtî ləʾābî rak wə-yāḥîd lipnê ʾimmî

Grammar Details

*kî-bēn*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - for/because a son
*hāyîtî*: perfect, 1st person singular, qal - I was
*ləʾābî*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - to my father
*rak*: adjective, masculine singular - tender/young/delicate
*wə-yāḥîd*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and only/unique/beloved
*lipnê*: preposition + plural construct noun - before/in the presence of
*ʾimmî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my mother

Word Meanings

*rak*: tender/young/delicate/gentle
*yāḥîd*: only/unique/beloved/precious

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 22:5 : 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
1 Chr 29:1 : 1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
Jer 10:23 : 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
2 Sam 12:24-25 : 24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
1 Kgs 1:13-17 : 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
1 Chr 3:5 : 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

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