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Proverbs 4:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H1121 my father's son בן

H1961 I was הייתי

H1 לאבי

H7390 tender רך

H3173 and only ויחיד

H6440 beloved in the sight לפני

H517 of my mother אמי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H1961 was

father's

H1121 son

H7390 tender

and

H3173 only

beloved

the

H6440 sight

H517 mother

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