A senselessכְּסִילsonבֵּןis vexationכַּעַסto his fatherלְאָבִיוand bitternessוּמֶמֶרto the one who bore him.לְיוֹלַדְתּוֹ
Proverbs 17:25
Study it in the app“A senseless son is vexation to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Proverbs 17:25, word by word
- A senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- is vexationכַּעַסkaas
grief
Bitter pain one carries inside.
Where else “kaas” appears- to his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and bitternessמֶמֶרmemer
bitterness, grief
Bitterness, deep grief.
Where else “memer” appears- to the one who bore himיוֹלַדְתּyoladt
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoladt” appears
The context
24Wisdom is before the discerning, but the eyes of the senseless are on the ends of the earth.
25 · This verse (above)
26Also, to fine the righteous is not good, or to strike nobles for their uprightness.