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Look,הִנֵּהan inheritanceנַחֲלַתfrom YHWHיְהוָהare children,בָּנִיםa rewardשָׂכָרis the fruitפְּרִיof the womb.הַבָּטֶן
Psalms 127:3
Study it in the app“Look, an inheritance from YHWH are children, a reward is the fruit of the womb.”
Children are an inheritance and a reward from YHWHParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 127:3, word by word
- an inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- 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- are childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- a rewardשָׂכָרsachar
reward
What God gives in return for what is done: blessing or reward.
Where else “sachar” appears- is the fruitפְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- of the wombבָּטֶןbaten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “baten” appears
The context
2It is in vain for you to rise early to get up, to be late to sit down, to eat the bread of anxious toils; so he gives to his beloved sleep.
3 · This verse (above)
4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of youth.