Let your fatherיִשְׂמַח אָבִיךָand your motherוְאִמֶּךָbe glad,יִשְׂמַחandוְlet her who bore youיוֹלַדְתֶּךָrejoice.תָגֵל
Proverbs 23:25
Study it in the app“Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice.”
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Proverbs 23:25, word by word
- Let your fatherיִשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears- Let your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and your motherאִמֶּime
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appears- let her who bore youיוֹלַדְתֶּyoladte
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoladte” appears- rejoiceתָגֵלtagel
rejoice
To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.
Where else “tagel” appears
The context
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and whoever fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 · This verse (above)
26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes keep my ways.