The Meaning of Proverbs 7:3 Explained

Proverbs 7:3

KJV: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

YLT: Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

Darby: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

ASV: Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Bind  them upon thy fingers,  write  them upon the table  of thine heart. 

What does Proverbs 7:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:3 mean?

Bind them on your fingers Write them the tablet of your heart
קָשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־ אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ

קָשְׁרֵ֥ם  Bind  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: קָשַׁר  
Sense: to bind, tie, bind together, league together, conspire.
אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ  your  fingers 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶצְבַּע  
Sense: finger, toe.
כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם  Write  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
ל֥וּחַ  the  tablet 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לוּחַ  
Sense: board, slab, tablet, plank.
לִבֶּֽךָ  of  your  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.