| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Proverbs 4:3:1 ⧉כִּי־בֵ֭ןkibenfor a son Proverbs 4:3:2 ⧉הָיִ֣יתִיhayitiI was Proverbs 4:3:3 ⧉לְאָבִ֑יleavito my father Proverbs 4:3:4 ⧉רַ֥ךְrakhtender Proverbs 4:3:5 ⧉וְ֝יָחִ֗ידveyakhidand only Proverbs 4:3:6 ⧉לִפְנֵ֥יlifnebefore Proverbs 4:3:7 ⧉אִמִּֽי׃immimy mother |
| 3. Formal Translation For I was a son to my father, tender {rakh: gentle, inexperienced} and the only one cherished in the sight of my mother. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation I, too, was my father’s son, soft and uniquely valued before my mother. |