pa.naq describes the treatment of a servant with indulgent care from youth.

The attested use describes indulgently treating a servant from youth, in a clause that contrasts that upbringing with the servant’s later end.

1. Indulging a servant from youth · dominant

   In Proverbs 29:21, מְפַנֵּק is a Piel active participle in the clause about a person’s treatment of his servant from youth; the APB renders the clause, “One who pampers his servant from youth.”

   Proverbs 29:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 29:21, the APB presents the action as “pampers” in relation to a servant from youth.