Proverbs 6:22
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
English grammatical function word ('awakest'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent...
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('awakest'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are re...
Study GRAM →יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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