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She repays himגְּמָלַתְהוּwith goodטוֹבandוְnotלֹאwith evilרָעallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof her life.חַיֶּיה
Proverbs 31:12
Study it in the app“She repays him with good and not with evil all the days of her life.”
A portrait of a woman of worth whom her husband trustsDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 31:12, word by word
- She repays himגְּמָלַתְgemalat
repay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “gemalat” appears- with goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- with evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of her lifeחַיֶּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears
The context
11The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will not lack plunder.
12 · This verse (above)
13She seeks wool and flax, and works with the delight of her palms.