Proverbs 29:17 Go deeper

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (KJV)

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יַסֵּ֣רya.Serdiscipline

Lemma: יָסַר (ya.sar) · Strong's: H3256

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)

Meaning: to discipline

Used 43 times. Also: Leviticus 26:18, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 8:5, Deuteronomy 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3256; TAHOT Proverbs 29:17 word 1

בִּ֭נְךָBin.khason your

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

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

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 29:17 word 2

וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָvi.ni.Che.khaso he may give rest you

Lemma: נוּחַ (nu.ach) · Strong's: H5117

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhu3ms)

Meaning: to rest

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 39:16, Genesis 42:33, Exodus 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5117; TAHOT Proverbs 29:17 word 3

וְיִתֵּ֖ןve.yi.Tenand he may give

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Proverbs 29:17 word 4

מַעֲדַנִּ֣יםma.'a.da.Nimdelights

Lemma: מַעֲדָן (ma.a.dan) · Strong's: H4574

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: delicacy

Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 49:20, Lamentations 4:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4574; TAHOT Proverbs 29:17 word 5

לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ\׃\ \פle.naf.She.khato self your

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul

Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Proverbs 29:17 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Discipline	→	יָסַר H3256 to discipline
your son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
and he will give you rest	→	נוּחַ H5117 to rest
he will bring	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
delight	→	מַעֲדָן H4574 delicacy
to your soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul

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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