Proverbs

Proverbs 1:5–6

⁵let the wise listen and gain instruction,

and the discerning acquire wise counsel

⁶by understanding the proverbs and parables,

the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
the wise	חָ֭כָם	ḥā·ḵām	Adjective - masculine singular	H2450 wise
listen	יִשְׁמַ֣ע	yiš·ma‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
and gain	וְי֣וֹסֶף	wə·yō·w·sep̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H3254 add
instruction	לֶ֑קַח	le·qaḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H3948 learning, teaching
and the discerning	וְ֝נָב֗וֹן	wə·nā·ḇō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H995 discern
acquire	יִקְנֶֽה׃	yiq·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7069 get, acquire
wise counsel	תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת	taḥ·bu·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8458 direction, counsel

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
by understanding	לְהָבִ֣ין	lə·hā·ḇîn	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H995 discern
the proverbs	מָ֭שָׁל	mā·šāl	Noun - masculine singular	H4912 proverb, parable
and parables	וּמְלִיצָ֑ה	ū·mə·lî·ṣāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H4426 satire, mocking-poem
the sayings	דִּבְרֵ֥י	diḇ·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word
and riddles	וְחִידֹתָֽם׃	wə·ḥî·ḏō·ṯām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H2420 riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question
of the wise	חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים	ḥă·ḵā·mîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2450 wise

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 1:5 Proverbs 12:1 · Proverbs 9:9 · 1 Corinthians 10:15 · Job 34:10 · Job 34:16 · Psalm 119:98–100 · Job 34:34 · 2 Chronicles 25:16 · 1 Samuel 25:32–33

Proverbs 1:6 Psalm 78:2 · Mark 4:11 · Psalm 49:4 · Acts 8:30–31 · Hebrews 5:14 · Mark 4:34 · Matthew 13:34–35 · Matthew 13:10–17 · Ecclesiastes 12:11 · 2 Peter 3:16 · Matthew 13:51–52 · Numbers 12:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.