Proverbs 22:6
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
נַעַר
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
דֶּרֶךְ
Way
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דֶּרֶךְ
Way, road, path. Derek. The way of the LORD. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. God guides every step of those who trust Him.
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חָנַךְ
Train
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חָנַךְ
To train, to dedicate, to initiate. Chanak. Train up a child in the way he should go. Early investment in children pays eternal dividends.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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פֶּה
the mouth of
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פֶּה
Mouth. Peh. The mouth of the LORD has spoken. God's mouth never speaks empty words. Every word He speaks will be fulfilled.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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מִן
from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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סוּר
he will turn aside
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סוּר
to turn off (literal or figurative)
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זָקֵן
he will be old
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זָקֵן
to be old
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