Proverbs 22:20

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That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.	Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,	That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Have not I written^H3789 to thee^H8032 excellent things^H7991 in counsels^H4156 and knowledge^H1847,

Original Hebrew

הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ [שִׁלְשֹׁום כ] (שָׁלִישִׁים ק) בְּמֹועֵצֹת וָדָעַת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/לֹ֤א	ha./Lo'	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
כָתַ֣בְתִּי	kha.Tav.ti	H3789	HVqp1cs	have I written
לְ֭/ךָ	Le./kha		HR/Sp2ms	for (the)/ you
[שלשום כ] (שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים ק)	[shilshôwm כ] (shil.shom ק)	H8032 כ H7991 ק	[HD כ] (HNcmpa ק)	(officers ק)
בְּ/מ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת	be./Mo.'e.Tzot	H4156	HR/Ncfpa	(in)/ counsels
וָ/דָֽעַת	va./Da.'at	H1847	HC/Ncfsa	and/ knowledge

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע (yâdaʻ) H3045; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
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).
H4156 — מוֹעֵצָה (môwʻêtsâh, mo-ay-tsaw'): from יָעַץ (yâʻats) H3289; a purpose; counsel, device.
H7991 — שָׁלִישׁ (shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'): or שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh); (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ (shâlôsh); (2 Samuel 23:13), from שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh) H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest); captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
H8032 — שִׁלְשׁוֹם (shilshôwm, shil-shome'): or שִׁלְשֹׁם (shilshôm); from the same as שֶׁלֶשׁ (Shelesh) H8028; trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday; [phrase] before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), [phrase] heretofore, three days, [phrase] time past.

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

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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