Proverbs 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”

Proverbs 1:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 1:57 words

HebrewMeaning

יִשְׁמַ֣עyišəmaʿ

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

חָ֭כָםḥākām

cunningnounH2450

subtil · wise · man)

וְ/י֣וֹסֶףwəywōsep

addconjH3254

again · any more · cease · come more ···

לֶ֑קַחleqaḥ

doctrinenounH3948

learning · fair speech

וְ֝/נָב֗וֹןwənābwōn

attendconjH995

consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···

תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹתtaḥəbulwōt

good advicenounH8458

counsels

יִקְנֶֽהyiqəneh

attainverbH7069

buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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