Proverbs
Proverbs 4:1–2
1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2For I give you sound teaching;
do not abandon my directive.
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.
Proverbs 4:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listen | שִׁמְע֣וּ | šim·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| my sons | בָ֭נִים | ḇā·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| to a father’s | אָ֑ב | ’āḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H1 father |
| instruction | מ֣וּסַר | mū·sar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4148 discipline |
| pay attention | וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ | wə·haq·šî·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H7181 incline, attend |
| and gain | לָדַ֥עַת | lā·ḏa·‘aṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3045 know |
| understanding | בִּינָֽה׃ | bî·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H998 understanding |
Proverbs 4:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I give | נָתַ֣תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לָכֶ֑ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| sound | ט֭וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| teaching | לֶ֣קַח | le·qaḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H3948 learning, teaching |
| do not | אַֽל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| abandon | תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ | ta·‘ă·zō·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| my directive | תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י | tō·w·rā·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 4:1 Hebrews 2:1 · Psalm 34:11 · Proverbs 1:8 · Proverbs 2:1–5 · 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12 · Proverbs 5:1 · Proverbs 22:17 · Proverbs 19:20 · Proverbs 7:4
Proverbs 4:2 1 Timothy 4:6 · Titus 1:9 · Psalm 89:30–32 · Job 33:3 · Proverbs 8:6–9 · Deuteronomy 32:2 · Job 11:4 · Psalm 49:1–3 · 1 Chronicles 28:9 · 2 Chronicles 7:19 · John 7:16–17 · Proverbs 22:20–21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.