Proverbs 4:20 Go deeper

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

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 4:20 word 1

לִדְבָרַ֣יlid.va.Raito words my

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:20 word 2

הַקְשִׁ֑יבָהhak.Shi.vahbe attentive !

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

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

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 4:20 word 3

לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗יla.'a.ma.Raito utterances my

Lemma: אֵמֶר (e.mer) · Strong's: H0561

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: word

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:1, Joshua 24:27, Judges 5:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0561; TAHOT Proverbs 4:20 word 4

הַט\־hat-incline

Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

Meaning: to stretch

Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Proverbs 4:20 word 5

אָזְנֶֽךָ\׃'a.ze.Ne.khaear your

Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: ear

Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 29:20, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0241G; TAHOT Proverbs 4:20 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

My son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
pay attention	→	קָשַׁב H7181 to listen
to my words	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
incline	→	נָטָה H5186 to stretch
your ear	→	אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear
to my sayings	→	אֵמֶר H0561 word

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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