Proverbs 15:20:1Prov.15.20.W1TAB
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
BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-ME-akh-AV
- sentence
BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-ME-akh-AV u-khe-SIL a-DAM bo-ZE i-MO
Exegesis
The proverb employs synonymous parallelism by pairing ben {בֵּן | bēn} ‘son’ + chakham {חָכָם | ḥākâm} ‘wise’ against u-kesil {וּכְסִיל | wə-kəsîl} ‘and fool’ + adam {אָדָם | ʾāḏām} ‘man.’
Root and etymology
ב־נb-n
“to build, beget”
In context — Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 15:20, 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.15.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.20.W1.S1) and character.