Proverbs 27:11

King James 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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King James 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 wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Eccl 2:18-21 : 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Phlm 1:7 : 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the 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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