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And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! (KJV)
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וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo.Sha'-and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 5:13 word 1
שָׁ֭מַעְתִּיSha.ma'.tiI listened
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
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 5:13 word 2
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolto [the] voice of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:13 word 3
מוֹרָ֑יmo.Raiinstructor my
Lemma: מוֹרֶה (mo.reh) · Strong's: H4175
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: rain/teacher
Used 7 times. Also: Job 36:22, Psalms 84:6, Isaiah 30:20, Joel 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4175; TAHOT Proverbs 5:13 word 4
וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יve.lim.la.me.Daiand to teachers my
Lemma: לָמַד (la.mad) · Strong's: H3925G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to learn: teach
Used 62 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:10, Deuteronomy 4:14, Deuteronomy 5:31, Deuteronomy 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3925G; TAHOT Proverbs 5:13 word 5
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 5:13 word 6
הִטִּ֥יתִיhi.Ti.tiI inclined
Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)
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 5:13 word 7
אָזְנִֽי\׃'a.ze.Niear my
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 5:13 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| to the voice | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| of my teachers | → | מוֹרֶה H4175 rain/teacher |
| [or] | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| incline | → | נָטָה H5186 to stretch |
| my ear | → | אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear |
| to my mentors | → | לָמַד H3925G to learn: teach |
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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