Proverbs 6:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Bənî if ʿāravtā for rēʿeḵā tāqaʿtā for-the-zār kappeyḵā

Grammar Details

*Bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my son
*ʿāravtā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have become surety/pledged
*rēʿeḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor/friend
*tāqaʿtā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have struck/clasped
*zār*: adjective, masculine singular - stranger/foreigner
*kappeyḵā*: noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your palms/hands

Word Meanings

*ʿāravtā*: pledged yourself/given security/became surety
*tāqaʿtā*: struck/clasped/given your hands
*zār*: stranger/foreigner/another person

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:15 : 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Prov 17:18 : 18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Prov 22:26 : 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Job 17:3 : 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

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