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“Tie It Around Your Neck”: The Imperative קָשְׁרֵ֥ם and Internalizing Loyalty and Truth in Proverbs 3:3
חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֗ת אַֽל־יַעַ֫זְבֻ֥ךָ קָשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹותֶ֑יךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃
Kindness and truth, do not let them leave you; bind them upon your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Introduction to Proverbs 3:3: Where Character Becomes Ornament
In Proverbs 3:3, the speaker urges the hearer to take hold of two foundational virtues: חֶ֥סֶד (loyal love) and אֱמֶ֗ת (truth/faithfulness). These qualities are personified and then treated like precious objects—meant to be bound around the neck and inscribed on the heart. The grammatical imperative קָשְׁרֵ֥ם commands this internalization.… Learn Hebrew
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