Proverbs 9:12

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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.	If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].	A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If thou be wise^H2449, thou shalt be wise^H2449 for thyself: but if thou scornest^H3887, thou alone shalt bear^H5375 it.

Original Hebrew

אִם־חָכַמְתָּ חָכַמְתָּ לָּךְ וְלַצְתָּ לְבַדְּךָ תִשָּׂא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
חָ֭כַמְתָּ	Cha.kham.ta	H2449	HVqp2ms	you are wise
חָכַ֣מְתָּ	cha.Kham.ta	H2449	HVqp2ms	you are wise
לָּ֑/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	for/ yourself
וְ֝/לַ֗צְתָּ	ve./Latz.ta	H3887	HC/Vqp2ms	and/ you mock
לְֽ/בַדְּ/ךָ֥	le./va.de./Kha	H905	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	to/ alone/ you
תִשָּֽׂא	ti.Sa'	H5375	HVqi2ms	you will bear (it)

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

Strong's References

H2449 — חָכַם (châkam, khaw-kam'): a primitive root,; to be wise (in mind, word or act); [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
H3887 — לוּץ (lûwts, loots): a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede; ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.

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

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
H905 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדַד; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides; alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.

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