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Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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שְׁמַ֣עshemahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…בְּ֭נִיbenisonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […מוּסַ֣רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “chastisement”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.אָבִ֑יךָavikhafatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁtitoshlet fallנָטַשׁverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “let fall”, a wish or indirect commandH5203properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.תּוֹרַ֥תtoratlawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.אִמֶּֽךָimekhamotherאֵםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

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American Standard Version (1901)

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Young’s Literal Translation

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

World English Bible

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

Darby Translation

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Douay-Rheims

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄκουε υἱὲ παιδείαν πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου.

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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