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AndוְI did notלֹאlistenשָׁמַעְתִּיto the voiceבְּקוֹלof my instructors,מוֹרָיandוְto my teachersלִמְלַמְּדַיI did notלֹאinclineהִטִּיתִיmy ear.אָזְנִי
Proverbs 5:13
Study it in the app“And I did not listen to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I did not incline my ear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:13, word by word
- listenשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamati” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of my instructorsמוֹרָmora
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “mora” appears- to my teachersמְלַמְּדַmelamda
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “melamda” appears- inclineהִטִּיתִיhititi
incline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “hititi” appears- my earאָזְנִazni
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azni” appears
The context
12and you say, “How I hated correction, and my heart spurned reproof!
13 · This verse (above)
14I almost came to be in every evil in the midst of the assembly and the community.”