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attention">7181</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7181.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7181 -- Occurrence 16 of 46">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lehakshiv_7181.htm" title="le·hak·Shiv: Make -- Occurrence 2 of 4.">lə-haq-šîḇ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">So that you incline</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct">Prep-l | V-Hifil-Inf</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2451: 1) wisdom <BR> 1a) skill (in war) <BR> 1b) wisdom (in administration) <BR> 1c) shrewdness, wisdom <BR> 1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs) <BR> 1e) wisdom (ethical and religious)">2451</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2451.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2451 -- Occurrence 66 of 149">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lachachemah_2451.htm" title="la·cha·che·Mah: to wisdom -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">la-ḥā-ḵə-māh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to wisdom</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l, Article :: Noun - feminine singular">Prep-l, Art | N-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 241: 1) ear, as part of the body <BR> 2) ear, as organ of hearing <BR> 3) (subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation">241</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 241 -- Occurrence 109 of 187">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אָזְנֶ֑ךָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/azenecha_241.htm" title="'a·ze·Ne·cha;: your ear -- Occurrence 14 of 21.">’ā-zə-ne-ḵā;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">your ear</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct :: second person masculine singular">N-fsc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5186: 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer <BR> 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) <BR> 1a3) to bend, turn, incline <BR> 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down <BR> 1a3b) to bend, bow <BR> 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to stretch out <BR> 1c2) to spread out <BR> 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away">5186</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5186 -- Occurrence 132 of 213">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תַּטֶּ֥ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tatteh_5186.htm" title="tat·Teh: Incline -- Occurrence 4 of 4.">taṭ-ṭeh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">[And] apply</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular">V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding <BR> 1a) inner part, midst <BR> 1a1) midst (of things) <BR> 1a2) heart (of man) <BR> 1a3) soul, heart (of man) <BR> 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory <BR> 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) <BR> 1a6) conscience <BR> 1a7) heart (of moral character) <BR> 1a8) as seat of appetites <BR> 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage">3820</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3820 -- Occurrence 296 of 593">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לִ֝בְּךָ֗<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/libbecha_3820.htm" title="lib·be·cha,: your heart -- Occurrence 15 of 45.">lib-bə-ḵā,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">your heart</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct :: second person masculine singular">N-msc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8394.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8394: 1) understanding, intelligence <BR> 1a) the act of understanding <BR> 1a1) skill <BR> 1b) the faculty of understanding <BR> 1b1) intelligence, understanding, insight <BR> 1c) the object of knowledge <BR> 1d) teacher (personification)">8394</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8394.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8394 -- Occurrence 15 of 42">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lattevunah_8394.htm" title="lat·te·vu·Nah.: to understanding -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">lat-tə-ḇū-nāh.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to understanding</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l, Article :: Noun - feminine singular">Prep-l, Art | N-fs</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br 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class="toptext"><a href="//study.interlinearbible.org/proverbs/2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/proverbs/2.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/proverbs/2.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7181.htm" title="le·hak·shiv: Make -- 7181: to incline (ears), attend">לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="la·cha·che·mah: to wisdom -- 2451: wisdom">לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/241.htm" title="a·ze·ne·cha;: your ear -- 241: an ear">אָזְנֶ֑ךָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5186.htm" title="tat·teh: Incline -- 5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend">תַּטֶּ֥ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="lib·be·cha: your heart -- 3820: inner man, mind, will, heart">לִ֝בְּךָ֗</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8394.htm" title="lat·te·vu·nah.: to understanding -- 8394: an understanding">לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/proverbs/2.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7181.htm" title="qashab (kaw-shab') -- attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard">So that thou incline</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/241.htm" title="'ozen (o'-zen) -- + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show">thine ear</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="chokmah (khok-maw') -- skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit">unto wisdom</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5186.htm" title="natah (naw-taw') -- + 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, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield">and apply</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="leb (labe) -- + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom">thine heart</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8394.htm" title="tabuwn (taw-boon') -- discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom">to understanding</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/2.htm">משלי 2:2 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/2.htm">משלי 2:2 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">להקשיב לחכמה אזנך תטה לבך לתבונה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/2.htm">משלי 2:2 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">להקשיב לחכמה אזנך תטה לבך לתבונה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/2.htm">משלי 2:2 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">להקשיב לחכמה אזנך תטה לבך לתבונה׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/proverbs/2-2.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/2.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, <i>and</i> apply thine heart to understanding;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">thou</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 18:1</span> Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/119-111.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 119:111,112</span> Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 55:3</span> Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/13-9.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 13:9</span> Who has ears to hear, let him hear.</a></p><p class="hdg">apply</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/22-17.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 22:17-21</span> I may tell all my bones: they look and stare on me…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/25-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 25:12</span> What man is he that fears the LORD? him shall he teach in the way …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/90-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 90:12</span> So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-25.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ecclesiastes 7:25</span> I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-9.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ecclesiastes 8:9,16</span> All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/acts/17-11.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Acts 17:11</span> These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2</a> • <a href="/niv/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/proverbs/2-2.htm">Proverbs 2:2 German Bible</a> • <a 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