Proverbs 22:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—

Young's Literal Translation
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

King James Bible
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Hebrew
Incline
הַ֥ט (haṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

your ear
אָזְנְךָ֗ (’ā·zə·nə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

and hear
וּ֭שְׁמַע (ū·šə·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the words
דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the wise—
חֲכָמִ֑ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

apply
תָּשִׁ֥ית (tā·šîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7896: To put, set

your mind
וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ (wə·lib·bə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to my knowledge—
לְדַעְתִּֽי׃ (lə·ḏa‘·tî)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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