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Proverbs 3:18

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6086 is a tree עץ

H2416 of life חיים

H1931 She היא

H2388 to them that lay hold למחזיקים

H8551 is every one that retaineth בה ותמכיה

H833 upon her and happy מאשׁר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1931 She

H6086 tree

H2416 life

them

that

lay

H2388 hold

upon

her

and

H833 happy

every

one

that

H8551 retaineth

her

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8551

Hebrew: תָּמַךְ

Transliteration: tâmak

Pronunciation: taw-mak'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: ({take} up-) hold ({up}) {maintain} {retain} stay (up).

Definition:

to sustain; by implication to {obtain} keep fast; figuratively to {help} follow close

1. to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast

a. (Qal)

1. to grasp, lay hold of, attain

2. to hold up, support

3. to hold, keep

4. to take hold of each other

b. (Niphal) to be seized, be held

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906