Proverbs

Proverbs 1:8–9

⁸Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

⁹For they are a garland of grace on your head

and a pendant around your neck.

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
Listen	שְׁמַ֣ע	šə·ma‘	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8085 hear
my son	בְּ֭נִי	bə·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
to your father’s	אָבִ֑יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
instruction	מוּסַ֣ר	mū·sar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4148 discipline
and do not forsake	תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ	tiṭ·ṭōš	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5203 leave, forsake, permit
the teaching	תּוֹרַ֥ת	tō·w·raṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8451 direction, instruction, law
of your mother	אִמֶּֽךָ׃	’im·me·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H517 mother

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י׀	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they	הֵ֬ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
a garland	לִוְיַ֤ת	liw·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3880 wreath
of grace	חֵ֓ן	ḥên	Noun - masculine singular	H2580 favour, grace
on your head	לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ	lə·rō·še·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7218 head
and a pendant	וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים	wa·‘ă·nā·qîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H6060 necklace, neck-pendant
around your neck	לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃	lə·ḡar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1621 neck

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

Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 6:20 · Proverbs 30:17 · Proverbs 5:1–2 · 2 Timothy 1:5 · Proverbs 31:1 · Proverbs 2:1 · Leviticus 19:3 · Proverbs 4:1–4 · Proverbs 1:10 · Deuteronomy 21:18–21 · Proverbs 1:15 · Proverbs 7:1

Proverbs 1:9 Proverbs 4:9 · Daniel 5:29 · Genesis 41:42 · Proverbs 3:22 · Proverbs 6:20–21 · Ezekiel 16:11 · Isaiah 3:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.