The Meaning of Proverbs 28:9 Explained

Proverbs 28:9

KJV: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

YLT: Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

Darby: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

ASV: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He that turneth away  his ear  from hearing  the law,  even his prayer  [shall be] abomination. 

What does Proverbs 28:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 28

1  general observations of impiety and integrity

What do the individual words in Proverbs 28:9 mean?

One who turns away his ear from hearing the law Even his prayer [is] an abomination
מֵסִ֣יר אָ֭זְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ תּוֹרָ֑ה גַּֽם־ תְּ֝פִלָּת֗וֹ תּוֹעֵבָֽה

מֵסִ֣יר  One  who  turns  away 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
אָ֭זְנוֹ  his  ear 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.
מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ  from  hearing 
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
תּוֹרָ֑ה  the  law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
גַּֽם־  Even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
תְּ֝פִלָּת֗וֹ  his  prayer  [is] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תְּפִלָּה  
Sense: prayer.
תּוֹעֵבָֽה  an  abomination 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.