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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (KJV)
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שְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'listen to
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 1
בְּ֭נִיBe.niO son my
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 2
מוּסַ֣רmu.Sar[the] correction of
Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: discipline: instruction
Used 19 times. Also: Job 36:10, Proverbs 1:2, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148H; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 3
אָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khafather your
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 4
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 5
תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁti.Toshyou reject
Lemma: נָטַשׁ (na.tash) · Strong's: H5203
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to leave
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 31:28, Exodus 23:11, Numbers 11:31, Deuteronomy 32:15, Judges 6:13, Judges 15:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5203; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 6
תּוֹרַ֥תto.Rat[the] instruction of
Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: instruction
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 7
אִמֶּֽךָ\׃'i.Me.khamother your
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Proverbs 1:8 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| my son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| to your father’s | → | אָב H0001G father |
| instruction | → | מוּסָר H4148H discipline: instruction |
| and do not forsake | → | נָטַשׁ H5203 to leave |
| . . . | → | אַל H0408 not |
| the teaching | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
| of your mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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