Proverbs 5:13

For ¹  I did not obey my teachers ²  and I did not heed ³  my instructors. ⁴ 

Lu 15:18; 1Th 4:8; 1Th 5:12,13; Heb 13:7

¹ tn The vav that introduces this clause functions in an explanatory sense.

² tn The Hebrew term מוֹרַי (moray) is the nominal form based on the Hiphil plural participle with a suffix, from the root יָרָה (yarah). The verb is “to teach,” the common noun is “instruction, law [torah],” and this participle form is teacher (“my teachers”).

³ sn The idioms are vivid: This expression is “incline the ear”; earlier in the first line is “listen to the voice,” meaning “obey.” Such detailed description emphasizes the importance of the material.

⁴ tn The form is the Piel plural participle of לָמַד (lamad) used substantivally.