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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: H4687

Hebrew: מִצְוָה

Transliteration: mitsvâh

Pronunciation: mits-vaw'

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: (which was) commanded ({-ment}) {law} {ordinance} precept.

Definition:

a {command} whether human or divine (collectively the Law)

1. commandment

a. commandment (of man)

b. the commandment (of God)

c. commandment (of code of wisdom)

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