לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת

   lish-GOT

   to stray or to err
2. clause🔊 לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵֽאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃

   lish-GOT me-im-REI-da-AT

   to stray or to err from the sayings of knowledge
3. sentence🔊 חַֽדַל־בְּ֭נִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵֽאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃

   kha-DAL-be-NI lish-mo-A mu-SAR lish-GOT me-im-REI-da-AT

   cease, my son to hear discipline or instruction to stray or to err from the sayings of knowledge

Exegesis

The verse begins with the imperative hadal-beni {חַֽדַל־בְּ֭נִי | ḥaḏal-bəni} introducing a warning command, followed by two Qal infinitives, lishmoa {לִשְׁמֹעַ | liš·mō·aʿ} with its object musar {מוּסָ֑ר | mû·sār} and lishgot {לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת | liš·gō·ṯ} with the prepositional phrase meimrei-daʿat {מֵֽאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת | mēʾ·im·rê·ḏāʿaṯ}. The serial infinitives form a protasis–apodosis relationship implicit in Hebrew, rendered as a conditional (“If you cease … you will stray”) in English. The contrast between “cease” and “stray” emphasizes reversal from obedience to deviation, and the placement of meimrei-daʿat highlights the source of the moral departure.