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and you say,וְאָמַרְתָּ“HowאֵיךְI hatedשָׂנֵאתִיcorrection,מוּסָרandוְmy heartלִבִּיspurnedנָאַץreproof!תוֹכַחַת
Proverbs 5:12
Study it in the app“and you say, “How I hated correction, and my heart spurned reproof!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:12, word by word
- and you sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- I hatedשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “saneti” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- spurnedנָאַץnaats
despise
To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.
Where else “naats” appears- reproofתוֹכַחַתtochachat
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachat” appears
The context
11and you groan at your end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 · This verse (above)
13And I did not listen to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I did not incline my ear.