Proverbs 4:8
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.”
כָּבַד
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
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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סָלַל
esteem/ her
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סָלַל
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
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חָבַק
you will embrace/ her
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חָבַק
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
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