Proverbs

Proverbs 2:2–4

²if you incline your ear to wisdom

and direct your heart to understanding,

³if you truly call out to insight

and lift your voice to understanding,

⁴if you seek it like silver

and search it out like hidden treasure,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if you incline	לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב	lə·haq·šîḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7181 incline, attend
your ear	אָזְנֶ֑ךָ	’ā·zə·ne·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H241 ear
to wisdom	לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה	la·ḥā·ḵə·māh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
and direct	תַּטֶּ֥ה	taṭ·ṭeh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
your heart	לִ֝בְּךָ֗	lib·bə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
to understanding	לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃	lat·tə·ḇū·nāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8394 intelligence, argument, caprice

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if you	אִ֣ם	’im	Conjunction	H518 if
truly	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
call out	תִקְרָ֑א	ṯiq·rā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
to insight	לַבִּינָ֣ה	lab·bî·nāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H998 understanding
and lift	תִּתֵּ֥ן	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
your voice	קוֹלֶֽךָ׃	qō·w·le·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6963 sound, voice
to understanding	לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה	lat·tə·ḇū·nāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8394 intelligence, argument, caprice

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you seek	תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה	tə·ḇaq·šen·nāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1245 seek
it like silver	כַכָּ֑סֶף	ḵak·kā·sep̄	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
and search it out	תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃	taḥ·pə·śen·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2664 search
like hidden treasure	וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים	wə·ḵam·maṭ·mō·w·nîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4301 hidden treasure, treasure

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

Proverbs 2:2 Proverbs 23:12 · Proverbs 18:1 · Psalm 90:12 · Matthew 13:9 · Psalm 119:111–112 · Proverbs 22:17–21 · Ecclesiastes 8:16 · Ecclesiastes 8:9 · Acts 17:11 · Ecclesiastes 7:25 · Isaiah 55:3

Proverbs 2:3 James 1:5 · Ephesians 1:17–18 · Proverbs 3:6 · 1 Kings 3:9–12 · Psalm 25:4–5 · Psalm 119:169 · Psalm 119:125

Proverbs 2:4 Matthew 13:44 · Matthew 19:29 · Proverbs 16:16 · Job 28:12–20 · Proverbs 8:18–19 · Job 3:21 · Psalm 119:72 · Matthew 6:19–21 · Ecclesiastes 4:8 · Proverbs 23:23 · Luke 16:8 · Proverbs 3:14–15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.