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And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (KJV)
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וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.Taand you will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Proverbs 5:12 word 1
אֵ֭יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:12 word 2
שָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.tiI hated
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
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 5:12 word 3
מוּסָ֑רmu.Sardiscipline
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 5:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Proverbs 5:12 word 4
וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתve.to.Kha.chatand rebuke
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 5:12 word 5
נָאַ֥ץna.'Atzit spurned
Lemma: נָאַץ (na.ats) · Strong's: H5006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to spurn
Used 25 times. Also: Numbers 14:11, Numbers 14:23, Numbers 16:30, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 32:19, 1 Samuel 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5006; TAHOT Proverbs 5:12 word 6
לִבִּֽי\׃li.Biheart my
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| and you will say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| I hated | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| discipline | → | מוּסָר H4148G discipline |
| and my heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| despised | → | נָאַץ H5006 to spurn |
| reproof | → | תּוֹכַ֫חַת H8433B argument |
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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