Proverbs 1:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃

Transliteration

yishma' ḥakam wəyosef leqaḥ wənavon taḥbulot yiqneh

Grammar Details

• *yishma'*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will hear/listen
• *ḥakam*: masculine singular adjective - wise/skillful
• *wəyosef*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will increase
• *leqaḥ*: masculine singular noun - learning/instruction
• *wənavon*: conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - and understanding one
• *taḥbulot*: feminine plural noun - guidance/direction/wise counsel
• *yiqneh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will acquire

Word Meanings

• *ḥakam*: wise/skillful/experienced
• *leqaḥ*: learning/instruction/insight
• *navon*: discerning/understanding/intelligent
• *taḥbulot*: guidance/direction/wise counsel/strategies

Referenced Verses

• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
• 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
• Job 34:10 : 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
• Job 34:16 : 16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.
• Job 34:34 : 34 Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
• 1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me: 33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.