Proverbs 28:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.”

Proverbs 28:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 28:97 words

HebrewMeaning

מֵסִ֣ירmēsiyr

beverbH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

אָ֭זְנ/וֹʾāzənwō

audiencenounH241

advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···

מִ/שְּׁמֹ֣עַmišəmōʿa

call togetherpronH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

תּוֹרָ֑הtwōrāh

lawnounH8451

גַּֽםgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

תְּ֝פִלָּת֗/וֹtəpilātwō

prayernounH8605

תּוֹעֵבָֽהtwōʿēbāh

abominable (customnounH8441

thing) · abomination

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.

Explore community notes on Proverbs 28:9

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →