Proverbs 23:24 Go deeper
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The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. (KJV)
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אֲבִ֣י'a.Vi[the] father of
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 23:24 word 1
צַדִּ֑יקtza.Dika righteous [son]
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Proverbs 23:24 word 2
חָ֝כָ֗םcha.Khama wise [son]
Lemma: חָכָם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2450
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: wise
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 7:11, Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2450; TAHOT Proverbs 23:24 word 3
בּֽוֹ\׃boin him
Lemma: שָׂמַח (sa.mach) · Strong's: H8055
Parsing: Suffix · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HSp3ms)
Meaning: to rejoice
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8055; TAHOT Proverbs 23:24 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| of a righteous man | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| will greatly rejoice | → | גִּיל H1523 to rejoice |
| . . . | → | גִּיל H1523 to rejoice |
| and he who fathers | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| a wise son | → | חָכָם H2450 wise |
| will delight in him | → | שָׂמַח H8055 to rejoice |
| . . . | → | שָׂמַח H8055 to rejoice |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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