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Hear,שִׁמְעוּsons,בָנִיםthe correctionמוּסַרof a father,אָבandוְbe attentiveהַקְשִׁיבוּto knowלָדַעַתunderstanding.בִּינָה
Proverbs 4:1
Study it in the app“Hear, sons, the correction of a father, and be attentive to know understanding.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 4:1, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- the correctionמוּסַרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- of a fatherאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- be attentiveהַקְשִׁיבוּhakshivu
pay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hakshivu” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- understandingבִּינָהbina
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “bina” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2For good teaching I give you; my instruction do not abandon.