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Inclineהַטyour earאָזְנְךָand hearוּשְׁמַעthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof the wise,חֲכָמִיםandוְapplyתָּשִׁיתyour heartלִבְּךָto my knowledge;לְדַעְתִּי
Proverbs 22:17
Study it in the app“Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:17, word by word
- Inclineהַטhat
incline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “hat” appears- your earאָזְנְazn
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azn” appears- and hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- applyתָּשִׁיתtashit
set the heart
"Set the heart": fix one's attention and interest on something.
Where else “tashit” appears- your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- to my knowledgeדַעְתִּdati
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “dati” appears
Translation note
Here another collection begins, “the words of the wise” (22:17–24:22).
The context
16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase what is his, and whoever gives to the rich, comes only to want.
17 · This verse (above)
18for it is pleasant if you keep them within you, if they are established together on your lips.