Proverbs

Proverbs 5:12–13

¹²and you will say, “How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

¹³I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my mentors.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and you will say	וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗	wə·’ā·mar·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
How	אֵ֭יךְ	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
I hated	שָׂנֵ֣אתִי	śā·nê·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8130 hate
discipline	מוּסָ֑ר	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
and my heart	לִבִּֽי׃	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
despised	נָאַ֥ץ	nā·’aṣ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5006 contemn, spurn
reproof	וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת	wə·ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8433 rebuke, correction

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I did not	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō·šā-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen	שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי	šā·maʿ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8085 hear
to the voice	בְּק֣וֹל	bə·qō·wl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of my teachers	מוֹרָ֑י	mō·w·rāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H4175 (early) rain
incline	הִטִּ֥יתִי	hiṭ·ṭî·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
my ear	אָזְנִֽי׃	’ā·zə·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H241 ear
to my mentors	וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י	wə·lim·lam·mə·ḏay	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3925 exercise in, learn

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Proverbs 5:12 Proverbs 12:1 · Proverbs 1:22 · Proverbs 1:25 · Proverbs 15:5 · Proverbs 1:7 · Zechariah 1:4–6 · Proverbs 13:18 · Psalm 50:17 · Jeremiah 44:4 · Exodus 2:13–14 · John 3:19–20 · Zechariah 7:11–14

Proverbs 5:13 1 Thessalonians 4:8 · Hebrews 13:7 · Luke 15:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.