Proverbs 17:25 Go deeper

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. (KJV)

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כַּ֣עַסKa.'as[is] grief

Lemma: כַּ֫עַס (ka.as) · Strong's: H3708A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: vexation

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:19, Deuteronomy 32:27, 1 Samuel 1:6, 1 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 21:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3708A; TAHOT Proverbs 17:25 word 1

לְ֭אָבִיוLe.'a.vivto father his

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Proverbs 17:25 word 2

בֵּ֣ןbena son

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 17:25 word 3

כְּסִ֑ילke.Sila fool

Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: fool

Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 17:25 word 4

וּ֝מֶ֗מֶרu.Me.merand bitterness

Lemma: מֶ֫מֶר (me.mer) · Strong's: H4470

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: bitterness

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4470; TAHOT Proverbs 17:25 word 5

לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ\׃le.yo.lad.Toto [the] [one who] bore him

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HVqrfsc)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Proverbs 17:25 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A foolish	→	כְּסִיל H3684 fool
son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
brings grief	→	כַּ֫עַס H3708A vexation
to his father	→	אָב H0001G father
and bitterness	→	מֶ֫מֶר H4470 bitterness
to her who bore him	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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