See in Reader
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General Information:
A father teaches his child using poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
if you receive my words
"if you listen to what I am teaching you"
treasure up my commandments with you
Valuing what is commanded is spoken of as if the commandments were a treasure and the person were a safe place to store the treasure. AT: "consider my commands to be as valuable as a treasure" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
make your ears pay attention
This is an idiom. AT: "force yourself to listen carefully" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
to wisdom
This abstract noun can be stated as an adjective. AT: "to the wise things I am teaching you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
incline your heart to understanding
Here "heart" represents a person's mind. The phrase "incline your heart" is an idiom that means to commit or fully dedicate one's mind to a task. AT: "try hard to understand what is wise" or "fully dedicate yourself to understanding wise teachings" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)