It is sharpened
chadad (khaw-dad')
to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe -- be fierce, sharpen.
to make a sore
tebach (teh'-bakh)
something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstr. butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter) -- beast, slaughter, slay, sore.
slaughter
tabach (taw-bakh')
to slaughter (animals or men) -- kill, (make) slaughter, slay.
it is furbished
mowrat (mo-rawt')
obstinate, i.e. independent -- peeled.
that it may glitter
baraq (baw-rawk')
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword -- bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
should
'ow (o)
desire (and so probably in Prov. 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if -- also, and, either, if, at the least, nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
we then make mirth
suws (soos)
to be bright, i.e. cheerful -- be glad, greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
it contemneth
ma'ac (maw-as')
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
the rod
shebet (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
of my son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
as every tree
`ets (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
