Proverbs 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.”

Proverbs 12:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 12:17 words

HebrewMeaning

אֹהֵ֣בʾōhēb

love(-dverbH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

מ֭וּסָרmwsār

bondnounH4148

chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···

אֹ֣הֵֽבʾōhēb

love(-dverbH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

דָּ֑עַתdāʿat

cunningnounH1847

norantly · know · awares

וְ/שֹׂנֵ֖אwəśōnēʾ

enemyconjH8130

foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···

תוֹכַ֣חַתtwōkaḥat

argumentnounH8433

chastened · correction · reasoning · rebuke ···

בָּֽעַרbāʿar

brutishadjH1198

foolish

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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