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Proverbs 23:22 Interlinear

“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee and despise when she is old not thy mother”

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Proverbs 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שְׁמַ֣ע	H8085	Hearken	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2	לְ֭אָבִיךָ	H1	unto thy father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
3	זֶ֣ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
4	יְלָדֶ֑ךָ	H3205	that begat	to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
5	וְאַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
6	תָּ֝ב֗וּז	H936	thee and despise	to disrespect
7	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
8	זָקְנָ֥ה	H2204	when she is old	to be old
9	אִמֶּֽךָ׃	H517	not thy mother	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

Proverbs 23:22 (current)Hearken unto thy father that begat thee and despise when she is old not thy mother