Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)
18); Arabiclook at, consider, examine(,overseeris Aramaic loan-word Frä138); Sabeanלהנצרהמוto aid themHalRev. Sém. iv (1896), 71; Ethiopicspectare, intueri, etc., Di701; — compare alsoנטר); —QalPerfec 18); Arabiclook at, consider, examine(,overseeris Aramaic loan-word Frä138); Sabeanלהנצרהמוto aid themHalRev. Sém. iv (1896), 71; Ethiopicspectare, intueri, etc., Di701; — compare alsoנטר); —QalPerfec
- sprout (semantic_range)
- shoot (semantic_range)
25+;ֵבּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵבּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16
- son (semantic_range)
- son (semantic_range)
- children (semantic_range)
- youth (semantic_range)
- young men (semantic_range)
23+; constructמִצְוִתJoshua 22:3+; suffixמִצְוָתְךָDeuteronomy 26:13;Psalm 119:96;מִצְוָתוֺNumbers 15:81; pluralמִצְוֺתabsoluteLeviticus 26:14+(מִצְווֺתNehemiah 9:14); constructNehemiah 4:2+; suffixמ 23+; constructמִצְוִתJoshua 22:3+; suffixמִצְוָתְךָDeuteronomy 26:13;Psalm 119:96;מִצְוָתוֺNumbers 15:81; pluralמִצְוֺתabsoluteLeviticus 26:14+(מִצְווֺתNehemiah 9:14); constructNehemiah 4:2+; suffixמ
- commandment (semantic_range)
1947t.; constructאַבGenesis 17:4,5; (compare inאַבְרָהָםib.& elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposedאֲבִרseeאברהם);אֲבִי(compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96)Genesis 4:20+; suffixאָבִיGenesis 19:34+ (MIאבי);א 1947t.; constructאַבGenesis 17:4,5; (compare inאַבְרָהָםib.& elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposedאֲבִרseeאברהם);אֲבִי(compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96)Genesis 4:20+; suffixאָבִיGenesis 19:34+ (MIאבי);א
- father (semantic_range)
a.(a) with a verb, which is then always an imperfect (never an imperative), by preference in the cohortative or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number;Genesis 15:1and o a.(a) with a verb, which is then always an imperfect (never an imperative), by preference in the cohortative or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number;Genesis 15:1and o
- these (semantic_range)
2, suffix 1pluralנְטָשָׁ֫נוּJudges 6:13; 2masculine singularנָטַשְׁתָּ1 Samuel 17:28,נָטַשְׁתָּהIsaiah 2:6, suffixנְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִיGenesis 31:28,וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּconsecutiveExodus 23:11, etc.;Imperfectיִטּש 2, suffix 1pluralנְטָשָׁ֫נוּJudges 6:13; 2masculine singularנָטַשְׁתָּ1 Samuel 17:28,נָטַשְׁתָּהIsaiah 2:6, suffixנְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִיGenesis 31:28,וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּconsecutiveExodus 23:11, etc.;Imperfectיִטּש
- leave (semantic_range)
- forsake (semantic_range)
- permit (semantic_range)
- leave (semantic_range)
- let alone (semantic_range)
5direction, instruction, law(possibly in first instance fromcastinglots, WeG i, 470; H 394(less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36BenzArchaeology 408NowArchaeology ii, 97, op 5direction, instruction, law(possibly in first instance fromcastinglots, WeG i, 470; H 394(less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36BenzArchaeology 408NowArchaeology ii, 97, op
12+; constructGenesis 3:20+; suffixאִמִּיGenesis 20:12+ etc.; plural only suffixאִמֹּתֵנוּLamentations 5:3;אִמֹּתָםJeremiah 16:3;Lamentations 2:12(twice in verse); —1literal (human)mother, as parentG 12+; constructGenesis 3:20+; suffixאִמִּיGenesis 20:12+ etc.; plural only suffixאִמֹּתֵנוּLamentations 5:3;אִמֹּתָםJeremiah 16:3;Lamentations 2:12(twice in verse); —1literal (human)mother, as parentG
- dam (semantic_range)
- point of departure (semantic_range)
- division (semantic_range)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
My son, keep thy father's commandment,.... These are not the words of David to Solomon continued from Pro 4:4 ; but the words of Solomon to his son; and not to his son only, in a strict natural relation, but to everyone that came to him for and put himself under his instruction; and to everyone that
stood in such a relation to a religious father; for not the divine Being, the Father of all, is here meant, according to some Jewish writers; though the commandment no doubt is the commandment of God taught by godly parents; or such a system of precepts that is founded upon and agrees unto the revealed will of God, and which being so should be laid up and kept in the heart, and not forgotten; and should be observed and attended to and obeyed throughout the whole course of life, as if it was the commandment of God himself; and indeed it is no other than that which pious parents train up their children in the knowledge of, instil into them, and urge upon them the observance of; and forsake not the law of thy mother; the same as before, and which is mentioned to show that the same respect is to be had to a mother as to a father, the commandment and law of them being the same, and they standing in the same relation; which yet children are apt to make a difference in, and while they stand in awe of their father and his precepts, slight their mother and her directions, which ought not to be. Some understand this of the congregation of Israel, as some Jewish writers; and others of the church of God, the mother of us all.