“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.”
Proverbs 15:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 15:208 words
HebrewMeaning
בֵּ֣ןbēn
a sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
חָ֭כָםḥākām
wiseadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יְשַׂמַּחyəśamaḥ
he makes gladverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
אָ֑בʾāb
a fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וּ/כְסִ֥ילwkəsiyl
and a foolconjH3684
אָ֝דָ֗םʾādām
a personnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בּוֹזֶ֥הbwōzeh
is despisingverbH959
disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person
אִמּֽ/וֹʾimwō
mother hisnounH517
mother · parting
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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