Proverbs 10:1:5Prov.10.1.W5TAB
יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב
yesammakhav
“makes glad a father”
- Transliteration
- ye-sa-MMAKH-AV
- Extended
- yeh-sah-MMAKH-AAV
- IPA
- /ħaˈxaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- makes glad a father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-sa-MMAKH-AV
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-MO BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-MMAKH-AV
- clause
mish-LE she-lo-MO BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-MMAKH-AV
- sentence
mish-LE she-lo-MO BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-MMAKH-AV u-VEN ke-SIL tu-GAT i-MO
Exegesis
The piel imperfect verb yesamach-av {יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב | yĕ·sammā·ḥ-ʾāv} ‘he will make glad’ plus pronominal suffix forms a full clause “son makes glad father,” while the second line is verbless, using the construct phrase tugat imo {תּוּגַ֥ת אִמּֽוֹ | tû·gaṯ ʾim·mō} ‘grief of his mother’ to mean “is grief of his mother.”
In context — Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 10:1, so the Hebrew word יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב (yesammakhav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.10.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.1.W5.S1) and character.