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Hear,שְׁמַעmy son,בְּנִיthe correctionמוּסַרof your father,אָבִיךָand do notוְאַלabandonתִּטֹּשׁthe instructionתּוֹרַתof your mother;אִמֶּךָ
Proverbs 1:8
Study it in the app“Hear, my son, the correction of your father, and do not abandon the instruction of your mother;”
The son is asked to listen to his father and not forsake his mother's teachingParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:8, word by word
- Hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- the correctionמוּסַרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- of your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- abandonתִּטֹּשׁtitosh
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “titosh” appears- the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of your motherאִמֶּime
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appears
The context
7The fear of YHWH is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and correction fools despise.
8 · This verse (above)
9for they are a garland of favor for your head, and necklaces for your neck.