The Meaning of Proverbs 22:20 Explained

Proverbs 22:20

KJV: Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

YLT: Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

Darby: Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,

ASV: Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Have not I written  to thee  excellent things  in counsels  and knowledge, 

What does Proverbs 22:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 22

1  A good name is more desirable than great wealth

What do the individual words in Proverbs 22:20 mean?

Have not I written to you - excellent things of counsels and knowledge
הֲלֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי לְ֭ךָ [שלשום] (שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים) בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָדָֽעַת

הֲלֹ֤א  Have  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
כָתַ֣בְתִּי  I  written 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
לְ֭ךָ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
[שלשום]  - 
Parse: Adverb
(שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים)  excellent  things 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שִׁלְשֹׁום  
Sense: day before yesterday, three days ago.
בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת  of  counsels 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מֹועֵצָה  
Sense: counsel, plan, principal, device.
וָדָֽעַת  and  knowledge 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּעַת 
Sense: knowledge.

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