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Do Not Forsake Instruction: Imperatives, Construct Chains, and Didactic Syntax in Proverbs 4:2

כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח טֹ֭וב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תֹּֽ֝ורָתִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ Contextual Introduction Proverbs 4:2 sits within a father’s exhortation to his children to seek wisdom and not abandon her. This verse serves as a justification for heeding instruction, where the speaker (likely representing a teacher or father-figure) reminds the hearer that the teaching offered is both valuable and divinely anchored. The grammatical structure blends declarative and imperative forms, using construct chains and negative commands typical of wisdom literature to present moral instruction in compact poetic form.… Learn Hebrew
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