Proverbs 4:2

“For good teaching I give you; my instruction do not abandon.”

Proverbs 4:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 4:2, word by word

goodטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

Where else “tov” appears
teachingלֶקַחlekach

teaching, instruction

Teaching: what is received in order to learn; also persuasion.

Where else “lekach” appears
I giveנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natati” appears
my instructionתּוֹרָתִtorati

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “torati” appears
abandonתַּעֲזֹבוּtaazovu

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “taazovu” appears

The context

1Hear, sons, the correction of a father, and be attentive to know understanding.

2 · This verse (above)

3For I was a son to my father, tender and only before my mother.

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