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Hold on to my teaching, do not let her go.
Guard her because she is your life. Bible see other translations

“teaching…her…she.” The Hebrew of this verse reflects something that occurs elsewhere occasionally in the Hebrew text, which is that strict attention is not always paid to the gender of a noun, which is in part due to the fact that Hebrew only has two genders: masculine and feminine; it does not have a neuter gender. In this case, “instruction” is a masculine noun, but put with feminine independent pronouns thrusting even a masculine noun into a personified female role akin to Lady Wisdom.


Commentary for: Proverbs 4:13

 
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