Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Proverbs 5:12
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Original language (Hebrew)

וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃

  1. וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.Ta“and you will say”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  2. אֵ֭יךְ'eikh“how!”
    Particle, interrogative · from אֵיךְ · “how?” · Strong's H0349A
  3. שָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.ti“I hated”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from שָׂנֵא · “to hate” · Strong's H8130
  4. מוּסָ֑רmu.Sar“discipline”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מוּסָר · “discipline” · Strong's H4148G
  5. וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתve.to.Kha.chat“and rebuke”
    Conjunction + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from תּוֹכַ֫חַת · “argument” · Strong's H8433B
  6. נָאַ֥ץna.'Atz“it spurned”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָאַץ · “to spurn” · Strong's H5006
  7. לִבִּֽי׃li.Bi“heart my”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from לֵב · “heart” · Strong's H3820A
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)