Proverbs 1:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

shema' bni musar avika wə'al-tittosh torat 'immeka

Grammar Details

• *shema'*: qal imperative, masculine singular - hear/listen
• *bni*: masculine singular noun + 1st person suffix - my son
• *musar*: construct state, masculine singular - instruction of
• *avika*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father
• *wə'al*: conjunction + negative particle - and do not
• *tittosh*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular jussive - forsake
• *torat*: construct state, feminine singular - teaching of
• *'immeka*: feminine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mother

Word Meanings

• *shema'*: hear/listen/obey
• *musar*: instruction/discipline/correction
• *tittosh*: forsake/abandon/reject
• *torat*: teaching/law/instruction

Referenced Verses

• Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
• Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
• Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
• Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
• Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
• Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
• Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
• Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
• Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
• Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
• Prov 31:1 : 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
• Matt 9:2 : 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
• Matt 9:22 : 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
• 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.