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Proverbs 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.


Proverbs 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 4:17 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁמְע֣וּšiməʿw
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בָ֭נִיםbāniym
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מ֣וּסַרmwsar
bondnounH4148
chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···
אָ֑בʾāb
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ֝/הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּwəhaqəšiybw
attendconjH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
לָ/דַ֥עַתlādaʿat
acknowledgepronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בִּינָֽהbiynāh
knowledgenounH998
meaning · perfectly · understanding · wisdom
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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