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Proverbs 5:1

Son of myself, incline her attention1 to the Wise One of myself! To the discerning one of myself stretch out the ear of yourself!
הקשיבה לחכמת hiksheva l'chochmat - Incline her attention/make her pay attention to the Wise One

Footnote:

Pro. 5:1

The feminine direct object suffix here ה- was disregarded as a "paragogic he" which simply means an added phonetic syllable with no meaning. They assumed the letter was added merely for stylistic reasons, or maybe euphonic, or maybe poetic meter, or maybe expressive emphasis.

In any case, the primary meaning of "pay attention to her" was certainly not permissible.