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Houseבַּיִתand wealthוָהוֹןare an inheritanceנַחֲלַתfrom fathers,אָבוֹתbut from YHWHוּמֵיְהוָהcomes a prudentמַשְׂכָּלֶתwife.אִשָּׁה
Proverbs 19:14
Study it in the app“House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but from YHWH comes a prudent wife.”
A house is inherited, but a prudent wife comes from YHWHDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:14, word by word
- Houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- and wealthהוֹןhon
wealth
What someone owns in money, land and livestock; his fortune.
Where else “hon” appears- are an inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- from fathersאָבוֹתavot
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avot” appears- but from YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- comes a prudentמַשְׂכָּלֶתmaskalet
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “maskalet” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
13Calamities to his father is a senseless son, and a continual dripping are the quarrels of a wife.
14 · This verse (above)
15Laziness casts into a deep sleep, and a slack soul will go hungry.