Proverbs 4:3
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3588 [e]כִּי־
kî-
ForConj
1121 [e]בֵ֭ן
ḇên
a sonN-ms
1961 [e]הָיִ֣יתִי
hā-yî-ṯî
I wasV-Qal-Perf-1cs
1 [e]לְאָבִ֑י
lə-’ā-ḇî
to my fatherPrep-l | N-msc | 1cs
7390 [e]רַ֥ךְ
raḵ
tenderAdj-ms
3173 [e]וְ֝יָחִ֗יד
wə-yā-ḥîḏ
and the only oneConj-w | Adj-ms
6440 [e]לִפְנֵ֥י
lip̄-nê
before the facePrep-l | N-cpc
517 [e]אִמִּֽי׃
’im-mî
of my motherN-fsc | 1cs





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Young's Literal Translation
For, a son I have been to my father—tender, And an only one before my mother.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,

New American Standard Bible
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

King James Bible
For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.
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