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The laborיְגִיעַof your hands,כַּפֶּיךָwhenכִּיyou eat it,תֹאכֵלhappy are you,אַשְׁרֶיךָand it will be goodוְטוֹבfor you.לָךְ
Psalms 128:2
Study it in the app“The labor of your hands, when you eat it, happy are you, and it will be good for you.”
Blessed is the one who eats the work of their own handsWork and RestChildren like olive shoots around the tableParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 128:2, word by word
- The laborיְגִיעַyegia
toil, its fruit
Wearying labor and what it earns.
Where else “yegia” appears- of your handsכַּפֶּיkape
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kape” appears- you eat itתֹאכֵלtochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochel” appears- happy are youאַשְׁרֶיashre
happy, blessed
Happy, blessed: an exclamation for the good that someone has.
Where else “ashre” appears- and it will be goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
1A song of the ascents. Happy is everyone who fears YHWH, who walks in his ways.
2 · This verse (above)
3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner parts of your house; your children like shoots of olive trees around your table.