Proverbs 7:3

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Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.	Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.	Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Bind^H7194 them upon thy fingers^H676, write^H3789 them upon the table^H3871 of thine heart^H3820.

Original Hebrew

קָשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
קָשְׁרֵ֥/ם	ka.she.Re/m	H7194	HVqv2ms/Sp3mp	bind/ them
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑י/ךָ	'etz.be.'o.Tei./kha	H676	HNcfpc/Sp2ms	fingers/ your
כָּ֝תְבֵ֗/ם	ka.te.Ve/m	H3789	HVqv2ms/Sp3mp	write/ them
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
ל֥וּחַ	Lu.ach	H3871	HNcmsc	(the) tablet of
לִבֶּֽ/ךָ	li.Be./kha	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	heart/ your

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

Strong's References

H676 — אֶצְבַּע (ʼetsbaʻ, ets-bah'): from the same as צֶבַע (in the sense of grasping); something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe; finger, toe.
H3789 — כָּתַב (kâthab, kaw-thab'): a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
H3871 — לוּחַ (lûwach, loo'-akh): or לֻחַ; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal; board, plate, table.
H7194 — קָשַׁר (qâshar, kaw-shar'): a primitive root; to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league); bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).

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

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): Deuteronomy 6:6

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