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Proverbs 6:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H5216 is a lamp נר

H4687 the commandment מצוה

H8451 and the law ותורה

H216 is light אור

H1870 are the way ודרך

H2416 of life חיים

H8433 and reproofs תוכחות

H4148 of instruction מוסר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

the

H4687 commandment

H5216 lamp

and

the

H8451 law

H216 light

and

H8433 reproofs

H4148 instruction

are

the

H1870 way

H2416 life

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3588

Hebrew: כִּי

Transliteration: kîy

Pronunciation: kee

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Bible Usage: {and} + ({forasmuch} {inasmuch} where-) {as} assured {[-ly]} + {but} {certainly} {doubtless} + {else} {even} + {except} {for} {how} ({because} {in} {so} than) {that} + {nevertheless} {now} {rightly} {seeing} {since} {surely} {then} {therefore} + (al-) {though} + {till} {truly} + {until} {when} {whether} {while} {who} {yea} {yet}

Definition:

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed

1. that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

a. that

1. yea, indeed

b. when (of time)

1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

c. because, since (causal connection)

d. but (after negative)

e. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

f. but rather, but

g. except that

h. only, nevertheless

i. surely

j. that is

k. but if

l. for though

m. forasmuch as, for therefore

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906