Proverbs 10:5:3Prov.10.5.W3TAB
בֵּ֣ן
ben
“a son”
- Transliteration
- BEN
- Extended
- BEEN
- IPA
- /ˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BEN
- clause
o-GER ba-KA-yits BEN mas-KE-l
- sentence
o-GER ba-KA-yits BEN mas-KE-l nir-DAM ba-KA-tsir BEN me-VISH
Exegesis
Clause A begins with the participle ōger {אֹגֵר | ʾō-ger} ‘gathers’ followed by ben {בֵּן | ben} ‘son’ and modified by the Hiphil participle maskîl {מַשְׂכִּ֑יל | maskîl} ‘prudent’, all bound by the temporal phrase bakayits {בַּקַּיִץ | ba-qayits} ‘in the summer’.
Clause B mirrors this with the Nifal participle nirdām {נִרְדָּם | nir-dām} ‘slumbers’, the same subject ben {בֵּן | ben}, and Hiphil participle meviš {מֵבִֽישׁׁ | meviš} ‘causes disgrace’, framed by bakatzir {בַּקָּצִיר | ba-kkātzîr} ‘in the harvest’. The parallel temporal phrases highlight the moral contrast between diligence and negligence. English predicate adjectives preserve the participles’ adjectival force while maintaining Hebrew word order for rhetorical emphasis.
In context — Proverbs 10:5
A son who gathers in the summer is prudent , but a son who sleeps during the harvest causes disgrace .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 10:5, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֣ן (ben) 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.10.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.5.W3.S1) and character.