Proverbs 10:1b
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Text (BHS):
בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב
Transliteration (Accordance):
bēn ḥāḵām yᵉśammaḥ-ʾāḇ
Translation (Waltke):
A wise son makes his* father glad
*“His” is gapped in verset A (see M. Dahood, Psalms III: 101–150 [AB; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970], pp. 429–30).
Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):
בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם (bēn ḥāḵām) : noun בֵּ֣ן (bēn) + adjective חָ֭כָם (ḥāḵām) : a wise son.
יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב (yᵉśammaḥ-ʾāḇ) : Piel perfect 3 m.s. of שָׂמַח (śāmaḥ) + noun אָ֑ב (āḇ) : makes glad [his]* father.
יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב (yᵉśammaḥ-ʾāḇ) : Piel perfect 3 m.s. of שָׂמַח (śāmaḥ) + noun אָ֑ב (āḇ) : makes glad [his]* father.
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