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Proverbs 13:1 — King James Version← Study notes

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.


Proverbs 13:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 13:18 words
HebrewMeaning
בֵּ֣ןbēn
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
חָ֭כָםḥākām
cunningadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
מ֣וּסַרmwsar
bondnounH4148
chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···
אָ֑בʾāb
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ֝/לֵ֗ץwəlēṣ
ambassadorconjH3887
have in derision · interpreter · make a mock · mocker ···
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁמַ֥עšāmaʿ
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
גְּעָרָֽהgəʿārāh
rebukenounH1606
reproof
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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