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The wordsדִּבְרֵיof Lemuel,לְמוּאֵלking,מֶלֶךְthe burdenמַשָּׂאwith whichאֲשֶׁרhis motherאִמּוֹcorrected him.יִסְּרַתּוּ
Proverbs 31:1
Study it in the app“The words of Lemuel, king, the burden with which his mother corrected him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 31:1, word by word
- The wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of Lemuelלְמוּאֵלlemuel
Lemuel
Lemuel: name of a king whose mother's teaching is given in Proverbs 31.
Where else “lemuel” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- the burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
oracle
A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.
Where else “masa” appears- his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- corrected himיִסְּרַתּyisrat
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yisrat” appears
Translation note
“The burden” (massa) can mean “the oracle,” or be the name of a people: “Lemuel, king of Massa” (cf. 30:1).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?