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A womanאֵשֶׁתof worthחַיִלis the crownעֲטֶרֶתof her husband,בַּעְלָהּbut like rotוּכְרָקָבin his bonesבְּעַצְמוֹתָיוis she who brings shame.מְבִישָׁה
Proverbs 12:4
Study it in the app“A woman of worth is the crown of her husband, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.”
A wife of worth is her husband's crownDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:4, word by word
- A womanאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- of worthחַיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears- is the crownעֲטֶרֶתateret
crown
A crown: a ring of precious metal worn by a king; also an image of honor.
Where else “ateret” appears- of her husbandבַּעְלָbala
husband
The man joined to a woman in marriage.
Where else “bala” appears- but like rotרָקָבrakav
rottenness
Rottenness, something decayed or worm-eaten.
Where else “rakav” appears- in his bonesעַצְמוֹתָיatsmotay
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmotay” appears- is she who brings shameמְבִישָׁהmevisha
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “mevisha” appears
The context
3A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
4 · This verse (above)
5The thoughts of the righteous are justice; the guidance of the wicked is deceit.