Proverbs 12:1 Go deeper

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. (KJV)

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אֹהֵ֣ב'o.Hev[one who] loves

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to love: lover

Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 1

מ֭וּסָרMu.sordiscipline

Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: discipline

Used 29 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:2, Job 5:17, Job 20:3, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 2

אֹ֣הֵֽב'O.hev[is] loving

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to love: lover

Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 3

דָּ֑עַתDa.'atknowledge

Lemma: דַּ֫עַת (da.at) · Strong's: H1847

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: knowledge

Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 35:31, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 4:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1847; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 4

וְשֹׂנֵ֖אve.so.Ne'and [one who] hates

Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to hate

Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 5

תוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatrebuke

Lemma: תּוֹכַ֫חַת (to.kha.chat) · Strong's: H8433B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: argument

Used 24 times. Also: Job 13:6, Job 23:4, Psalms 38:14, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 73:14, Proverbs 1:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8433B; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 6

בָּֽעַר\׃Ba.'ar[is] stupid

Lemma: בַּ֫עַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1198

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: stupid

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 92:6, Proverbs 30:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1198; TAHOT Proverbs 12:1 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Whoever loves	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
discipline	→	מוּסָר H4148G discipline
loves	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
knowledge	→	דַּ֫עַת H1847 knowledge
but he who hates	→	שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate
correction	→	תּוֹכַ֫חַת H8433B argument
is stupid	→	בַּ֫עַר H1198 stupid

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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