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A wiseחָכָםsonבֵּןmakes a father glad,יְשַׂמַּח אָבbut a senselessוּכְסִילmanאָדָםdespisesבּוֹזֶהhis mother.אִמּוֹ
Proverbs 15:20
Study it in the app“A wise son makes a father glad, but a senseless man despises his mother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:20, word by word
- A wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- makes a father gladיְשַׂמַּחyesamach
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “yesamach” appears- makes a father gladאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- but a senselessכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- despisesבּוֹזֶהboze
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “boze” appears- his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears
The context
19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
20 · This verse (above)
21Folly is joy to one who is lacking in sense, but a man of insight makes straight his going.