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Your wifeאֶשְׁתְּךָwill be like a fruitfulכְּ פֹּרִיָּהvineגֶפֶןin the inner partsבְּיַרְכְּתֵיof your house;בֵיתֶךָyour childrenבָּנֶיךָlike shootsכִּשְׁתִלֵיof olive treesזֵיתִיםaroundסָבִיבyour table.לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ
Psalms 128:3
Study it in the app“Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner parts of your house; your children like shoots of olive trees around your table.”
Children like olive shoots around the tableParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 128:3, word by word
- Your wifeאֶשְׁתְּesht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “esht” appears- will be like a fruitfulפֹּרִיָּהporiya
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “poriya” appears- vineגֶפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appears- in the inner partsיַרְכְּתֵיyarkte
far end, recess
The farthest or deepest part: the back of a house or a cave, the ends of the earth, the edge of a territory.
Where else “yarkte” appears- of your houseבֵיתֶvete
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vete” appears- your childrenבָּנֶיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears- like shootsשְׁתִלֵיshetile
shoot
A shoot, a sprout that springs up beside the trunk, like the new shoots of the olive tree.
Where else “shetile” appears- of olive treesזֵיתִיםzetim
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zetim” appears- aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- your tableשֻׁלְחָנֶshulchane
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchane” appears
The context
2The labor of your hands, when you eat it, happy are you, and it will be good for you.
3 · This verse (above)
4Look, thus will be blessed the man who fears YHWH.