Proverbs 4:1 Go deeper

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

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שִׁמְע֣וּshim.'Ulisten to

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

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 4:1 word 1

בָ֭נִיםVa.nimO children

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: son: descendant/people

Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:1 word 2

מ֣וּסַרMu.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 1:8, Proverbs 4:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4148H; TAHOT Proverbs 4:1 word 3

אָ֑ב'Ava father

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

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

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 4:1 word 4

וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּve.hak.Shi.vuand be attentive

Lemma: קָשַׁב (qa.shav) · Strong's: H7181

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)

Meaning: to listen

Used 46 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Nehemiah 9:34, Job 13:6, Job 33:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7181; TAHOT Proverbs 4:1 word 5

לָדַ֥עַתla.Da.'atto know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 4:1 word 6

בִּינָֽה\׃bi.Nahunderstanding

Lemma: בִּינָה (bi.nah) · Strong's: H0998

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

Meaning: understanding

Used 38 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:6, 1 Chronicles 12:32, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 2 Chronicles 2:12, 2 Chronicles 2:13, Job 20:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0998; TAHOT Proverbs 4:1 word 7

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 sons	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
to a father’s	→	אָב H0001G father
instruction	→	מוּסָר H4148H discipline: instruction
pay attention	→	קָשַׁב H7181 to listen
and gain	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
understanding	→	בִּינָה H0998 understanding

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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