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Whoever lovesאֹהֵבcorrectionמוּסָרlovesאֹהֵבknowledge,דָּעַתbut whoever hatesוְשֹׂנֵאreproofתוֹכַחַתis brutish.בָּעַר
Proverbs 12:1
Study it in the app“Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is brutish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:1, word by word
- Whoever lovesאֹהֵבohev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohev” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- knowledgeדָּעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- but whoever hatesשֹׂנֵאsone
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appears- reproofתוֹכַחַתtochachat
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachat” appears- is brutishבָּעַרbaar
brutish, stupid
Brutish, stupid: a person who does not reason, like an animal. It comes from the word for "cattle".
Where else “baar” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The good man obtains favor from YHWH, but a man of schemes he declares wicked.