Proverbs

Proverbs 1:8

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

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.