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Whoever fathersיֹלֵדa senseless sonכְּסִילdoes it to his grief,לְתוּגָה לוֹand the fatherאֲבִיof a foolנָבָלwill notוְלֹאrejoice.יִשְׂמַח
Proverbs 17:21
Study it in the app“Whoever fathers a senseless son does it to his grief, and the father of a fool will not rejoice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:21, word by word
- Whoever fathersיֹלֵדyoled
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yoled” appears- a senseless sonכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- does it to his griefתוּגָהtuga
grief, heaviness
Grief, deep sorrow; heaviness of spirit.
Where else “tuga” appears- and the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of a foolנָבָלnaval
foolish, fool
Foolish, a fool: not one who knows little, but one who lives without regard for God.
Where else “naval” appears- rejoiceיִשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears
The context
20One crooked of heart will not find good, and one perverse in his tongue will fall into evil.
21 · This verse (above)
22A glad heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bone.