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Proverbs 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:


Proverbs 1:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 1:88 words
HebrewMeaning
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ֭נִ/יbəniy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מוּסַ֣רmwsar
bondnounH4148
chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···
אָבִ֑י/ךָʾābiykā
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אַלwəʾal
nayconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁtiṭōš
cast offverbH5203
drawn · let fall · forsake · join ···
תּוֹרַ֥תtwōrat
lawnounH8451
אִמֶּֽ/ךָʾimekā
damnounH517
mother · parting
Words 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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