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Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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קְנֵ֣הqenehpurchaseקָנָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “purchase”, a commandH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.חָ֭כְמָהchakhemahwisdomחׇכְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wisdom”, the ordinary formH2451wisdom (in a good sense)skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.קְנֵ֣הqenehpurchaseקָנָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “purchase”, a commandH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.בִינָ֑הvinahunderstandingבִּינָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “understanding”, the ordinary formH998understandingknowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “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.תִּשְׁכַּ֥חtishkachforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “forget”, a wish or indirect commandH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.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.תֵּ֝֗טtetspreadנָטָהverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “spread”, a wish or indirect commandH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…מֵֽאִמְרֵיmeimrefrom answerאֵמֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “from answer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH561something saidanswer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.פִֽיfiedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Young’s Literal Translation

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

World English Bible

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Darby Translation

Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Douay-Rheims

Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ· Μηδὲ παρίδῃς ῥῆσιν ἐμοῦ στόματος,