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Listenשְׁמַעto your fatherלְאָבִיךָwhoזֶהfathered you,יְלָדֶךָandוְdo notאַלdespiseתָּבוּזyour motherאִמֶּךָwhenכִּיshe is old.זָקְנָה
Proverbs 23:22
Study it in the app“Listen to your father who fathered you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
Do not despise your mother when she is old; parents rejoice in a wise childParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:22, word by word
- Listenשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- to your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- fathered youיְלָדֶyelade
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yelade” appears- despiseתָּבוּזtavuz
despise
To despise, to think little of; to treat something or someone as worthless.
Where else “tavuz” appears- your motherאִמֶּime
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appears- she is oldזָקְנָהzakna
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zakna” appears
The context
21for the drinker and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22 · This verse (above)
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; wisdom, correction, and understanding.