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Correctיַסֵּרyour son,בִּנְךָandוִhe will give you rest,ינִיחֶךָandוְhe will giveיִתֵּןdelightsמַעֲדַנִּיםto your soul.לְנַפְשֶׁךָ
Proverbs 29:17
Study it in the app“Correct your son, and he will give you rest, and he will give delights to your soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:17, word by word
- Correctיַסֵּרyaser
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yaser” appears- your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- he will give you restינִיחֶyniche
give rest
To give rest, as YHWH to his people.
Where else “yniche” appears- he will giveיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- delightsמַעֲדַנִּיםmaadanim
delicacy
A choice dish fit for a king, or the delight it gives.
Where else “maadanim” appears- to your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.
17 · This verse (above)
18Where there is no vision, the people run wild, but whoever keeps instruction, happy is he.