Proverbs 23:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”

Proverbs 23:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:229 words

HebrewMeaning

שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

לְ֭/אָבִי/ךָləʾābiykā

fatherpronH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

זֶ֣הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

יְלָדֶ֑/ךָyəlādekā

bearverbH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

וְ/אַלwəʾal

nayconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תָּ֝ב֗וּזtābwz

contemnverbH936

despise · utterly

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

זָקְנָ֥הzāqənāh

aged manverbH2204

be old

אִמֶּֽ/ךָʾimekā

damnounH517

mother · parting

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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