Proverbs 27:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲכַ֣ם בְּ֭נִי וְשַׂמַּ֣ח לִבִּ֑י וְאָשִׁ֖יבָה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָֽר׃

Transliteration

ḥăkam bĕnî wĕśammaḥ libbî wĕʾāšîbāh ḥōrĕpî dābār

Grammar Details

*ḥăkam*: qal imperative masculine singular - be wise
*bĕnî*: masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my son
*wĕśammaḥ*: conjunction + piel imperative masculine singular - and gladden
*libbî*: masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*wĕʾāšîbāh*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - that I may answer
*ḥōrĕpî*: qal participle masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - one who reproaches me
*dābār*: masculine singular - word/matter

Word Meanings

*ḥăkam*: be wise/act wisely/become wise
*śammaḥ*: gladden/make rejoice/cheer
*lēb*: heart/mind/inner being
*ʾāšîbāh*: answer/return/bring back
*ḥōrēp*: one who reproaches/scorner/taunter
*dābār*: word/thing/matter

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Ps 119:42 : 42 So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.
Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: 16 Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. 25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.
Eccl 2:18-21 : 18 And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Phlm 1:7 : 7 For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: None that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoice greatly that I have found [certain] of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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