Proverbs 1:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise 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 just man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth instruction 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, Art thou made 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 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made 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 ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
• 1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.