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The fatherאֲבִיof the righteousצַדִּיקwill greatlyגִּילrejoice,יָגִילandוְwhoever fathersיוֹלֵדa wise sonחָכָםwill be gladיִשְׂמַחin him.בּוֹ
Proverbs 23:24
Study it in the app“The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and whoever fathers a wise son will be glad in him.”
Do not despise your mother when she is old; parents rejoice in a wise childParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:24, word by word
- The fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- will greatlyגִּילgil
rejoicing
Immense delight.
Where else “gil” appears- rejoiceיָגִילyagil
rejoice
To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.
Where else “yagil” appears- whoever fathersיוֹלֵדyoled
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yoled” appears- a wise sonחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- will be gladיִשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears
The context
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; wisdom, correction, and understanding.
24 · This verse (above)
25Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice.