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This study will analyze the grammatical construction of the imperatives, the semantic implications of memory and guarding, and the theological message of wisdom retention. בְּ֭נִי תֹּורָתִ֣י אַל־תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י יִצֹּ֥ר לִבֶּֽךָ׃ (Proverbs 3:1) My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart guard my commandments. Proverbs 3:1 opens a section of parental instruction, where the speaker (likely Solomon) urges the son to retain wisdom and divine commandments. The verse combines negative and positive imperatives, contrasting forgetting (אַל־תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח) with guarding (יִצֹּ֥ר).… Learn Hebrew