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Proverbs 22:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H977 is rather to be chosen נבחר

H8034 A good name שׁם

H6239 מעשׁר

H7227 than great רב

H3701 מכסף

H2091 ומזהב

H2580 favour חן

H2896 and loving טוב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

good

H8034 name

rather

H977 chosen

than

H7227 great

H4480 riches

and

H2896 loving

H2580 favour

rather

than

H4480 silver

and

H4480 gold

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H977

Hebrew: בָּחַר

Transliteration: bâchar

Pronunciation: baw-khar'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {acceptable} {appoint} choose ({choice}) {excellent} {join} be {rather} require.

Definition:

properly to {try} that {is} (by implication) select

1. to choose, elect, decide for

a. (Qal) to choose

b. (Niphal) to be chosen

c. (Pual) to be chosen, selected

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