Proverbs 8:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֢עַֽ֫ לִ֥י לִשְׁקֹ֣ד עַל־דַּ֭לְתֹתַי י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾašrê ʾādām šōmēaʿ to-me, to-šᵊqōd upon-daltōtay yôm yôm, to-šᵊmōr mᵊzûzōt pᵊtāḥāy

Grammar Details

• *ʾašrê*: masculine plural construct - happy is
• *ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/person
• *šōmēaʿ*: qal participle masculine singular - listening/hearing
• *šᵊqōd*: qal infinitive construct - to watch/be diligent
• *daltōtay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my doors
• *yôm yôm*: masculine singular noun repeated - day by day
• *šᵊmōr*: qal infinitive construct - to keep/guard
• *mᵊzûzōt*: feminine plural construct - doorposts of
• *pᵊtāḥāy*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my entrances

Word Meanings

• *ʾašrê*: happy is/blessed is
• *ʾādām*: man/person/human
• *šōmēaʿ*: listening/hearing/obeying
• *šᵊqōd*: to watch/be diligent/be alert
• *daltōtay*: my doors/doorways
• *šᵊmōr*: to keep/guard/protect
• *mᵊzûzōt*: doorposts/gateposts
• *pᵊtāḥāy*: my entrances/openings/doorways

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:13 : 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
• John 8:31-32 : 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
• Acts 2:42 : 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• Acts 17:11-12 : 11 {G1161} These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
• Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
• Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather{H8804)} be a doorkeeper{H8705)} in the house of my God, than to dwell{H8800)} in the tents of wickedness.
• Ps 92:13 : 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God.
• Prov 1:21 : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
• Prov 2:3-4 : 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;