Proverbs 8:10

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They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.	Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.	For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Receive^H3947 my instruction^H4148, and not silver^H3701; and knowledge^H1847 rather than choice^H977 gold^H2742.

Original Hebrew

קְחוּ־מוּסָרִי וְאַל־כָּסֶף וְדַעַת מֵחָרוּץ נִבְחָר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
קְחֽוּ	ke.chu-	H3947	HVqv2mp	take
מוּסָרִ֥/י	mu.sa.R/i	H4148	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	discipline/ my
וְ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not (you take)
כָּ֑סֶף	Ka.sef	H3701	HNcmsa	silver
וְ֝/דַ֗עַת	ve./Da.'at	H1847	HC/Ncfsa	and/ knowledge
מֵ/חָר֥וּץ	me./cha.Rutz	H2742	HR/Ncmsa	more than/ gold
נִבְחָֽר	niv.Char	H977	HVNrmsa	chosen

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

Strong's References

H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
H2742 — חֲרוּץ (chărûwts, khaw-roots'): or חָרֻץ; passive participle of חָרַץ; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager; decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
H4148 — מוּסָר (mûwçâr, moo-sawr'): from יָסַר; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint; bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.

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

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

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