The Meaning of Proverbs 23:13 Explained

Proverbs 23:13

KJV: Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

YLT: Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Darby: Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

ASV: Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Withhold  not correction  from the child:  for [if] thou beatest  him with the rod,  he shall not die. 

What does Proverbs 23:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:13 mean?

Not do withhold from a child correction for [if] you beat him with a rod not he will die
אַל־ תִּמְנַ֣ע מִנַּ֣עַר מוּסָ֑ר כִּֽי־ תַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט לֹ֣א יָמֽוּת

תִּמְנַ֣ע  do  withhold 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מָנַע  
Sense: to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder.
מִנַּ֣עַר  from  a  child 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַעַר  
Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
מוּסָ֑ר  correction 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מוּסָר  
Sense: discipline, chastening, correction.
כִּֽי־  for  [if] 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תַכֶּ֥נּוּ  you  beat  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט  with  a  rod 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
יָמֽוּת  he  will  die 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.

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