Proverbs 31:2

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The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.	What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?	Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

What, my son^H1248? and what, the son^H1248 of my womb^H990? and what, the son^H1248 of my vows^H5088?

Original Hebrew

מַה־בְּרִי וּמַה־בַּר־בִּטְנִי וּמֶה בַּר־נְדָרָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
בְּ֭רִ/י	Be.r/i	H1248	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O son/ my
וּ/מַֽה	u./mah-	H4100	HC/Ti	and/ what?
בַּר	bar-	H1248	HNcmsc	O son of
בִּטְנִ֑/י	bit.N/i	H990	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	womb/ my
וּ֝/מֶה	U./meh	H4100	HC/Ti	and/ what?
בַּר	bar-	H1248	HNcmsc	O son of
נְדָרָֽ/י	ne.da.Ra/i	H5088	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	vows/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H990 — בֶּטֶן (beṭen, beh'-ten): from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
H1248 — בַּר (bar, bar): borrowed (as a title) from בַּר; the heir (apparent to the throne); son.
H5088 — נֶדֶר (neder, neh'-der): or נֵדֶר; from נָדַר; a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised; vow(-ed).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

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