Proverbs 1:24
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”
נָטָה
To incline, to stretch out, to bend. Natah. He inclined His ear to me. God bends down to listen. He positions Himself to hear the faintest cry of His people.
קָרָא
I called
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קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
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יָד
hand/ my
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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יַעַן
because
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יַעַן
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
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קָשַׁב
was an attentive one
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קָשַׁב
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
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