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Let the wise man hear,יִשְׁמַע חָכָםand he will increaseוְיוֹסֶףin teaching;לֶקַחand the discerning oneוְנָבוֹןwill acquireיִקְנֶהguidance,תַּחְבֻּלוֹת
Proverbs 1:5
Study it in the app“Let the wise man hear, and he will increase in teaching; and the discerning one will acquire guidance,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:5, word by word
- Let the wise man hearיִשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- Let the wise man hearחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- and he will increaseיוֹסֶףyosef
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosef” appears- in teachingלֶקַחlekach
teaching, instruction
Teaching: what is received in order to learn; also persuasion.
Where else “lekach” appears- and the discerning oneנָבוֹןnavon
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “navon” appears- will acquireיִקְנֶהyikne
acquire
To get something: "get wisdom".
Where else “yikne” appears- guidanceתַּחְבֻּלוֹתtachbulot
guidance, counsel
Counsel, direction: the art of steering something, like one handling the ropes of a ship. Only plural.
Where else “tachbulot” appears
The context
4to give to the simple shrewdness, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 · This verse (above)
6to understand a proverb and a figurative saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.