unfoldingWord_en_tn/pro/01/07.md

# General Information:

A father teaches his child.

# The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge

The abstract nouns "fear," "beginning," and "knowledge" can be stated as verbs. AT: "You must first fear Yahweh in order to begin to know what is wise" or "You must first honor and respect Yahweh in order to learn what is wise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# Yahweh

This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.

# fools despise wisdom and instruction

"those who do not value what is wise and instructive are fools"

# do not lay aside

This is an idiom that means "do not ignore" or "do not reject" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# they will be a graceful wreath for your head and pendants hanging from your neck

The rules and instructions that parents teach their children are so valuable and important that they are spoken of as if they were a beautiful wreath or pendant that a person wears. AT: "they will make you wise just as wearing a wreath on your head or a pendant around your neck makes you beautiful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# wreath

an woven circle made of leaves or flowers

# pendants

jewelry that is worn around the neck

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
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added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`A father teaches his child.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge`

			`The abstract nouns "fear," "beginning," and "knowledge" can be stated as verbs. AT: "You must first fear Yahweh in order to begin to know what is wise" or "You must first honor and respect Yahweh in order to learn what is wise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])`

			`# Yahweh`

			`This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.`

			`# fools despise wisdom and instruction`

			`"those who do not value what is wise and instructive are fools"`

			`# do not lay aside`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom that means "do not ignore" or "do not reject" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# they will be a graceful wreath for your head and pendants hanging from your neck`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The rules and instructions that parents teach their children are so valuable and important that they are spoken of as if they were a beautiful wreath or pendant that a person wears. AT: "they will make you wise just as wearing a wreath on your head or a pendant around your neck makes you beautiful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# wreath`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`an woven circle made of leaves or flowers`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# pendants`
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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`jewelry that is worn around the neck`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]`