Proverbs 2:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

Young's Literal Translation
To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

King James Bible
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

Hebrew
if you incline
לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב (lə·haq·šîḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken

your ear
אָזְנֶ֑ךָ (’ā·zə·ne·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

to wisdom
לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה (la·ḥā·ḵə·māh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

and direct
תַּטֶּ֥ה (taṭ·ṭeh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

your heart
לִ֝בְּךָ֗ (lib·bə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to understanding,
לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ (lat·tə·ḇū·nāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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