23
Turnתָּשׁוּבוּto my reproof;לְתוֹכַחְתִּיlook,הִנֵּהI will pour outאַבִּיעָהon youלָכֶםmy spirit;רוּחִיI will make knownאוֹדִיעָהmy wordsדְבָרַיto you.אֶתְכֶם
Proverbs 1:23
Study it in the app“Turn to my reproof; look, I will pour out on you my spirit; I will make known my words to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:23, word by word
- Turnתָּשׁוּבוּtashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuvu” appears- to my reproofתוֹכַחְתִּtochachti
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachti” appears- I will pour outאַבִּיעָהabia
pour out
To gush, like words or praise.
Where else “abia” appears- my spiritרוּחִruchi
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruchi” appears- I will make knownאוֹדִיעָהodia
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “odia” appears- my wordsדְבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears
Translation note
The one speaking is wisdom, presented as a woman calling out in the city. “My spirit”: the Hebrew word (ruach) also means “breath.”
The context
22“How long, simple ones, will you love simpleness, and scoffers delight in scoffing for themselves, and the senseless hate knowledge?
23 · This verse (above)
24Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and there was no one who paid attention,