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Proverbs 31

Prov. 31:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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What, my son
bar (Hebrew #1248)
the heir (apparent to the throne)
KJV usage: son.
Pronounce: bar
Origin: borrowed (as a title) from 1247
? and what, the son
bar (Hebrew #1248)
the heir (apparent to the throne)
KJV usage: son.
Pronounce: bar
Origin: borrowed (as a title) from 1247
of my womb
beten (Hebrew #990)
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
KJV usage: belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.
Pronounce: beh'-ten
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
? and what, the son
bar (Hebrew #1248)
the heir (apparent to the throne)
KJV usage: son.
Pronounce: bar
Origin: borrowed (as a title) from 1247
of my vows
neder (Hebrew #5088)
from 5087; a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
KJV usage: vow((-ed)).
Pronounce: neh'-der
Origin: or neder {nay'-der}
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Ministry on This Verse

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the son of my womb.
Isa. 49:15• 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. (Isa. 49:15)
the son of my vows.
1 Sam. 1:11,28• 11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
 28Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. (1 Sam. 1:11,28)
• The thrice-repeated “what” has the force of “what shall I say?” She desired to have the mind of God as to that which she endeavored to impress upon his young heart. Words, with Lemuel’s mother, were sacred things; for she felt keenly the need of instructing her son aright, and feared lest she in any way should mislead him. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?