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A foolאֱוִילspurnsיִנְאַץthe correctionמוּסַרof his father,אָבִיוbut whoever heedsוְשֹׁמֵרreproofתּוֹכַחַתbecomes shrewd.יַעְרִם
Proverbs 15:5
Study it in the app“A fool spurns the correction of his father, but whoever heeds reproof becomes shrewd.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:5, word by word
- A foolאֱוִילevil
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appears- spurnsיִנְאַץyinats
despise
To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.
Where else “yinats” appears- the correctionמוּסַרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- but whoever heedsשֹׁמֵרshomer
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomer” appears- reproofתּוֹכַחַתtochachat
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachat” appears- becomes shrewdיַעְרִםyarim
become shrewd
Grow wise and prudent.
Where else “yarim” appears
The context
4A calm tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a breaking of the spirit.
5 · This verse (above)
6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the produce of the wicked is trouble.