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Proverbs 17:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”

Proverbs 17:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 17:256 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּ֣עַסkaʿas
angernounH3708
angry · grief · indignation · provocation ···
לְ֭/אָבִי/וləʾābiyw
fatherpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
בֵּ֣ןbēn
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
כְּסִ֑ילkəsiyl
fooladjH3684
וּ֝/מֶ֗מֶרwmemer
bitternessconjH4470
לְ/יוֹלַדְתּֽ/וֹləywōladətwō
bearpronH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
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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