אִמּֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִמּֽוֹ׃

   i-MO

   his mother
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תּוּגַ֥ת אִמּֽוֹ׃

   tu-GAT i-MO

   grief of his mother
3. clause🔊 וּבֵ֥ן כְּ֝סִ֗יל תּוּגַ֥ת אִמּֽוֹ׃

   u-VEN ke-SIL tu-GAT i-MO

   and a son foolish grief of his mother
4. sentence🔊 מִשְׁלֵ֗י שְׁלֹ֫מֹ֥ה בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב וּבֵ֥ן כְּ֝סִ֗יל תּוּגַ֥ת אִמּֽוֹ׃

   mish-LE she-lo-MO BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-MMAKH-AV u-VEN ke-SIL tu-GAT i-MO

   proverbs of Solomon a son wise makes glad a father and a son foolish grief of his mother

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.”