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Keep,נְצֹרmy son,בְּנִיthe commandmentמִצְוַתof your father,אָבִיךָand do notוְאַלabandonתִּטֹּשׁthe instructionתּוֹרַתof your mother.אִמֶּךָ
Proverbs 6:20
Study it in the app“Keep, my son, the commandment of your father, and do not abandon the instruction of your mother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 6:20, word by word
- Keepנְצֹרnetsor
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “netsor” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- the commandmentמִצְוַתmitsvat
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appears- of your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- abandonתִּטֹּשׁtitosh
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “titosh” appears- the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of your motherאִמֶּime
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appears
The context
19one who breathes out lies, a false witness, and one who sends out quarrels among brothers.
20 · This verse (above)
21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.