Psalms 128:3 — Word Study
WLCאֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ כְּגֶ֥פֶן פֹּרִיָּה֮ בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֭נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃
BSAYour wifeʼishshâh [like a fruitful vine] will be like a fruitfulpârâh vinegephen [producing abundant spiritual fruit] [flourishing] withinyᵉrêkâh your housebayith [the innermost parts of your home] your sonsbên [children, descendants] like olivezayith shootsshᵉthil△ [new growth, young plants] [sitting] aroundçâbîyb your tableshulchân [a place of communion, fellowship]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ | wife your | Noun common feminine singular construct, suffix |
| כְּגֶ֥פֶן | [will be] like a vine | Preposition, noun common both singular absolute |
| פֹּרִיָּה֮ | fruitful | Verb, Qal, participle (active) feminine singular |
| בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י | in [the] innermost parts of | Preposition, noun common feminine dual construct |
| בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ | house your | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| בָּ֭נֶיךָ | children your | Noun common masculine plural construct, suffix |
| כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י | [will be] like shoots of | Preposition, noun common masculine plural construct |
| זֵיתִ֑ים | olive trees | Noun common, masculine plural absolute |
| סָ֝בִ֗יב | around | Noun common, both singular absolute |
| לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃ | table your | Preposition, noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
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| BSB | Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. |
| KJV | Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. |
| ASV | Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. |
| YLT | Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table. |
| WEB | Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table. |
| BBE | Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table. |
All translations agree on the meaning of אֶשְׁתְּךָ — see How Translations Differ.
The verse features two main clauses, each with a descriptive phrase that elaborates on the imagery presented.
8 commentators on this verse
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Deep Study — Psalms 128:3
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Context — Blessings of Family Lifegenerated
Psalms 128:3 highlights the blessings that come from a life lived in reverence of the Lord. The imagery of a wife as a fruitful vine flourishing in the home and sons as olive shoots around the table illustrates the joy and prosperity that family brings. This verse resonates with the themes of fertility and community found throughout the Psalms, emphasizing the importance of family in the life of a believer.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis 49:22 | Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall. |
| 2 | Proverbs 5:15–18 | Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. |
| 3 | Ezekiel 19:10 | Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. |
| 4 | Psalm 52:8 | But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever. |
| 5 | Psalm 144:12 | Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 9 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — אֶשְׁתְּךָ, 'esh.te.Khagenerated
The word אֶשְׁתְּךָ ('eshtekhah) means 'your wife' and is derived from the root הוּא (hu), which refers to a woman or female. It is a common feminine noun in the construct state, indicating a close relationship, specifically that of a wife to her husband.
This term emphasizes the intimate and familial bond within a household, portraying the wife as a vital part of the family structure.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
All translations agree on the meaning of אֶשְׁתְּךָ as 'your wife'.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main clause of the verse describes the wife as a fruitful vine, with additional phrases elaborating on the imagery. The structure emphasizes the relationship between the wife and the home, and between the sons and the table.
The verse uses a series of comparisons to convey the blessings of family, with the finite verb 'will be' linking the subjects to their respective metaphors.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates אֶשְׁתְּךָ as σου (sou), meaning 'your'. This choice reflects the direct address to the individual, maintaining the personal nature of the blessings described.
The Greek word for vine, ἄμπελος, captures the same imagery of fruitfulness found in the Hebrew, emphasizing the abundance associated with the wife.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalms 128:3 describes how a wife is like a fruitful vine, thriving in her home, and how sons are compared to olive shoots around the table. This imagery highlights the blessings of family life and the joy that comes from living in harmony with the Lord.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
This metaphor suggests that a wife brings prosperity, joy, and growth to the household, just as a vine produces fruit.
Olive shoots symbolize new growth and potential, indicating that sons are a source of future blessings and strength for the family.
The table represents a place of communion and fellowship, where family gathers to share meals and strengthen their bonds.
This verse emphasizes the importance of family relationships and the blessings that come from living in accordance with God's ways.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways can I cultivate a fruitful environment in my own family?
- How can I support the growth and development of my children, like olive shoots?
- What does it mean to me to have a place of communion and fellowship in my home?
- How can I honor the relationships in my life to reflect the blessings described in this verse?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early church fathers have commented on this verse, interpreting the wife as the Church and the sons as the faithful, emphasizing the communal aspects of family and faith.
Let us now come to the words, "Your wife" [Psalms 128:3]: it is said unto Christ. His wife, therefore, is the Church: His Church, His wife, we ourselves are.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 128 →
Next: “Your sons will be as olive shoots around your table.” In regards to Wisdom, the wife, rightly are the children called “sons,” not “daughters.” By the male sex strength of mind is often indicated.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 128 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 128:3 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house,.... The vine being a weak and tender tree, which needs propping and supporting; and often is fastened to the sides of a house, to
Read John Gill on Psalms 128 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Read Robert Jamieson on Psalms 128 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleAs a fruitful vine; like the vine for fruitfulness; or like that sort of vines known by this name for its eminent fruitfulness, as some trees amongst us are for the same reason called the great bearers. By the sides of thine house, where the vines are commonly planted for support and other advantages; which being applied to the wife, may signify either, 1. The wife’ s duty to abide at home, , as the harlot is deciphered by her gadding abroad, ,12. Or rather, 2. The legitimateness of the children, which are begotten at home by the husband, and not abroad by strangers. Like olive plants, numerous, growing and flourishing, good both for ornament and manifold uses, as olive trees are. Round…
Read Matthew Poole on Psalms 128 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 128:3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Ver. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine] Full of bunches and clusters of rich ripe grapes; so she of children, and those virtuous; the little ones hanging on her breasts, as grapes on the vine; the elder as olive plants, straight, green, fresh, and flourishing, Psalms 52:8, legitimate also; as the olive admitteth no other graft. Indeed, the olive set into the vine yieldeth both grapes and olives, whereby is represented the natural affection that is between the mother and her children. The vine and the olive are two of the best fruits; the one for…
Read John Trapp on Psalms 128 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) By the sides—No doubt the inner part of the house is meant (see Psalms 48:2)—the gynecœum or woman’s quarter—or perhaps the sides of the inner court or quadrangle. This is no more out of keeping with the figure of the vine than the table is with that of olive plants. Though the Hebrews had not yet developed the fatal habit of secluding their women, as later Orientals have done, still there was a strict custom which allotted a more private tent (Genesis 18:9) or part of a house to them. And doubtless we are here also to think of the good housewife who is engaged within at the household duties, and is not like the idle gossip, sitting “at the door of her house on a seat in the high places…
Read Charles John Ellicott on Psalms 128 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges3. as a fruitful vine] The fruitfulness, gracefulness, and preciousness of the vine are obvious points of comparison: its dependence and need of support may also be alluded to. by the sides of thine house] Rather, in the innermost chambers of thy house (Jer. in penetralibus domus tuae), to be connected with thy wife, as in the next line round about thy table obviously belongs to thy children. The women’s apartments were at the back of the tent or house, furthest from the entrance. thy sons like olive plants] The picture is that of the young olive trees springing up round the parent stem, fresh and full of promise. Cp. Thomson, Land and Book, p. 57. The evergreen olive is an emblem of…
Read Cambridge on Psalms 128 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house - It is not uncommon in the East, as elsewhere, to train a vine along the sides of a house - partly to save ground; partly because it
Read Albert Barnes on Psalms 128 →Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible3. By the sides of thine house—Literally. In the sides; supposed to denote “the background, or privacy of the house, where the housewife, who is not to be seen much out of doors, leads a quiet life,
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Psalms 128 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
Tyndale line
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thine house: thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.
Thy wife shalbe as the fruitfull vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children like the oliue plantes round about thy table.
Strictly literal
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.
Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, || Your sons as olive plants around your table.
Thy wife is [then] as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your house; your children will be like olive plants as they sit around your table.
From the Latin
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
Simplified
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine growing in your home. Your children will be like the shoots of an olive tree around your table.
Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text of אֶשְׁתְּךָ matches the Septuagint closely, with all ten words corresponding between the two texts. The Dead Sea Scrolls also support the Masoretic Text, with some words restored by editors, indicating a strong consistency across these ancient witnesses.
אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ כְּגֶ֥פֶן פֹּרִיָּה֮ בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֭נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃
10 of the 10 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
[אשת׳ך] כגפן הפריה [בירכתי] [בית׳ך] [בני׳ך] כשתילי [זיתים] [סביב] [לשלחנ׳ך]
1 word on the leather — 2 partly restored, 7 supplied entire by an editor.
[לשלחנ׳כה]
1 word of the verse is on this fragment — 1 supplied entire by an editor.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Psalms 128:3
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
אִשָּׁה (ishshah) means 'woman,' 'wife,' or 'female.' It can refer to a woman in general, a wife in relation to a man, or the female of animals. The term also has distributive and reciprocal uses, indicating 'each woman' from her neighbor. The word is derived from the masculine forms אִישׁ (ish) and אִישָׁה (ishah), indicating a broad range of meanings.
אִשָּׁה 773 n.f. woman, wife, female
woman
Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf.)
Female of animals
With distrib. & recipr. sense, each woman from her neighbor; each one
base
H802 אִשָּׁה woman, wife, female . woman
. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf.)
. Female of animals
. With distrib. & recipr. sense, each woman from her neighbor; each one
802 'ishshah ish-shaw'
feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym
{naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as
582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none,
one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
see HEBREW for 0376
see HEBREW for 0582
see HEBREW for 0582
אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) — woman.
: woman
1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)
אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) — woman: wife.
: wife/widow
1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)
אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) — woman: another.
: another
1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)
N-fs | Suff — Noun common feminine singular construct · suffixHNcfsc/Sp2ms
גֶּ֫פֶן (gephen) means 'vine' and is derived from a root suggesting bending, reflecting the twining nature of vines. It encompasses literal uses, such as the grapevine, as well as metaphorical applications related to prosperity and even the fading of stars at divine judgment.
גֶּ֫פֶן n.f. vine
base
H1612 גֶּ֫פֶן vine
1612 gephen gheh'-fen
from an unused root meaning to bend; a vine (as twining),
especially the grape:--vine, tree.
גֶּ֫פֶן (ge.phen) — vine.
1) vine, vine tree
1a) of Israel (fig.)
1b) of stars fading at Jehovah's judgment (metaph.)
1c) of prosperity
Prep | N-cs — Preposition · noun common both singular absoluteHR/Ncbsa
vin:
1. Hebrew Words:
(1) gephen, usually the cultivated grape vine. In Nu 6:4; Jud 13:14 we have gephen ha-yayin, literally, "vine of wine," translated "grape vine" (Numbers) and "vine," margin "grape vine" (Jgs); 2Ki 4:39, gephen sadheh English Versions of the Bible "wild vine"; De 32:32, gephen cedhom, "vine of Sodom."
Vine
One of the most important products of Palestine. The first mention of it is in the history of Noah (Gen. 9:20). It is afterwards frequently noticed both in the Old and New Testaments, and in the ruins of terraced vineyards there are evidences that it was extensively cultivated by the Jews. It was cultivated in Palestine before the Israelites took possession of it. The men sent out by Moses brought with them from the Valley of Eshcol a cluster of grapes so large that “they bare it between two upon a staff” (Num. 13: 23). The vineyards of En-gedi (Cant. 1:14), Heshbon, Sibmah, Jazer, Elealeh (Isa. 16:8-10; Jer. 48:32, 34), and Helbon (
the well-known valuable plant (vitis vinifera) very frequently referred to in the Old and New Testaments, and cultivated from the earliest times. The first mention of this plant occurs in (Genesis 9:20,21) That it was abundantly cultivated in Egypt is evident from the frequent representations on the monuments, as well as from the scriptural allusions. (Genesis 40:9-11; Psalms 78:47) The vines of Palestine were celebrated both for luxuriant growth and for the immense clusters of grapes which they produced, which were sometimes carried on a staff between two men, as in the case of the spies, (Numbers 13:23) and as has been done in some instances in modern times. Special…
Of this valuable and familiar plant there are several varieties, the natural products of warm climates, where also it has been cultivated from the earliest times. Hence the early and frequent mention of its products in Scripture, Ge 9:20 14:18 19:22 Job 1:18. The grape-vine grew plentifully in Palestine, De 8:8, and was particularly excellent in some of the districts. The Scriptures celebrate the vines of Sibmah and Eshcol; and profane authors mention the excellent wines of Gaza, Sarepta, Lebanon, Sharon, Ascalon, and Tyre. See SOREK.
The grapes of Egypt, Ge 40:11, being small, we may easily conceive of the surprise which was occasioned to the Israelites by witnessing the…
פָּרָה (parah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to bear fruit or be fruitful, applicable to both literal and figurative contexts. It can describe the act of producing fruit, as well as the process of making something fruitful. The verb appears in different forms, including Qal and Hiphil, indicating both the action of bearing fruit and causing fruitfulness.
[פָּרָה] vb. bear fruit, be fruitful
Qal
of men and animals
of vine
Hiph.
cause to bear fruit
make fruitful
shew fruitfulness, bear fruit
base
H6509 פָּרָה bear fruit, be fruitful
6509 parah paw-raw'
a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or
figuratively):--bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be,
make) fruitful, grow, increase.
פָּרָה (pa.rah) — be fruitful.
1) to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off
1a) (Qal) to bear fruit, be fruitful
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to bear fruit
1b2) to make fruitful
1b3) to show fruitfulness, bear fruit
Also means: pa.ra (פָּרָא "be fruitful" H6500)
V-Qal — Verb · Qal · participle (active) feminine singularHVqrfsa
יַרְכָה (yrekah) refers to the flank or side, often indicating extreme parts or recesses. It is a feminine form of a related word and is used figuratively to denote borders or sides. The entries consistently emphasize its meanings related to physical sides and recesses, without significant disagreement among lexicons.
[יַרְכָה, or יְרֵכָה] flank, side, du. extreme parts, recesses
base
H3411 [יַרְכָה, or יְרֵכָה] flank, side, du. extreme parts, recesses
3411 yrekah yer-ay-kaw'
feminine of 3409; properly, the flank; but used only
figuratively, the rear or recess:--border, coast, part,
quarter, side.
see HEBREW for 03409
יַרְכָה (ye.re.khah) — flank.
1) flank, side, extreme parts, recesses
1a) side
1b) sides, recesses (dual)
Aramaic equivalent: yar.kah (יַרְכָא "thigh" H3410)
Prep | N-fd — Preposition · noun common feminine dual constructHR/Ncfdc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
The Hebrew word בַּיִת (*bayith*) means 'house' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including dwelling, family, and place. It can refer to physical structures, such as homes and temples, as well as metaphorical uses like the body or household affairs. The word is built from the root related to 'between' and appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament.
בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between
base
בַּ֫יִת 2034 n.m. house
house
place
receptacle
of house as containing a family
household, family (592 t.)
house, including household affairs
lit. housewards, hence metaph. inwards
מִבַּיִת
adv. on the inside
prep. within
base
H1004a בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between H1004b בַּ֫יִת house
1004 bayith bah'-yith
probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest
variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court,
daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as
would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold),
inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet,
temple, web, + within(-out).
see HEBREW for 01129
בֵּית (bet) — place.
nm
place, origin, between
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — house: home.
: home/temple/building
nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — Beth-(ashbea).
nm
This name is used for a house, habitation
Combined with ash.be.a (אַשְׁבֵּעַ "Ashbea" H0791)
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — Beth (Haggan).
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This name is used for a house, habitation
Combined with hag (גַּן "Haggan" H1588)
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — Beth-(togarmah).
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This name is used for a house, habitation
N-ms | Suff — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp2ms
בֵּן (ben) means 'son' or 'male child' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including descendants, young animals, and even figurative uses like sparks or arrows. It can refer to members of a tribe or class and is used in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, such as in 1 Chronicles 24:26. The word is derived from a root meaning 'to build' and implies a connection to family or lineage.
בֵּן 4870 n.m. son
son, male child, born of a woman
children (male and female)
youth, young men
the young of animals
of plant shoots
fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
member of a guild, order or class
of animals son of (the) herd
ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
n. relat. of age
base
בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.
done
H1121a בֵּן son . son, male child, born of a woman
. children (male and female)
. youth, young men
. the young of animals
. of plant shoots
. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
. . member of a guild, order or class
. of animals son of (the) herd
. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
. n. relat. of age
H1121b בְּנוֹ as n. pr. m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son
1121 ben bane
from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the
widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship,
including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,
etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-)
(Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to,
(+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born,
bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X
came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of
first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, +
kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+)
people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, +
spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous
one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
see HEBREW for 01129
see HEBREW for 01
see HEBREW for 0251
בֵּן (ben) — son: child.
: child/son
בְּנוֹ (be.no) — Beno.
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.26;
son of: Jaaziah (H3269);
brother of: Shoham (H7719), Zaccur (H2139I) and Ibri (H5681)
§ Beno = "his son"
the sons of Jaaziah and the sons of Merari by Jaahziah (his son)
בֵּן (ben) — son: descendant/people.
: descendant, people, tribe, nation
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
§ : child/son
בֵּן (ben) — son: young animal.
: calf/lamb/young(ANIMAL)
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
§ : descendant
בֵּן (ben) — son: type of.
: rebel/son(Belial)
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
§ : people/men/nation/tribe
בֵּן (ben) — son.
: [inheriting]son/heir
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
בֵּן (ben) — son: warrior.
: warrior/son(strong)
N-mp | Suff — Noun common masculine plural construct · suffixHNcmpc/Sp2ms
The Hebrew word שָׁתִיל (*shthiyl*) refers to a transplanted shoot or slip, indicating a young plant or sprig. It is derived from a root meaning to transplant and is used in the context of gardening or botany, as noted in Psalm 128:3.
[שָׁתִיל] n.[m.] transplanted shoot, slip;—pl. cstr. ψ 128:3
ref
H8363 שָׁתִיל, שְׁתִל
8363 shthiyl sheth-eel'
from 8362; a sprig (as if transplanted), i.e.
sucker:--plant.
see HEBREW for 08362
שָׁתִיל (she.til) — shoot.
plant, cutting, transplanted shoot, slip
Prep | N-mp — Preposition · noun common masculine plural constructHR/Ncmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
זַ֫יִת (zayith) refers to an olive or olive tree, including its fruit. It is associated with illuminating oil and appears in place names like the Mount of Olives. The entries suggest it encompasses both the tree and its produce, with some lexicons noting its connection to specific locations.
זַ֫יִת n.m. olive-tree, olive
olive-tree
of fruit of olive-tree, olives
in designations of place
base
H2132 זַ֫יִת olive-tree, olive
2132 zayith zay'-yith
probably from an unused root (akin to 2099); an olive (as
yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the
berry:--olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
see HEBREW for 02099
זַ֫יִת (za.yit) — (Mount of) Olives.
This name means olive, olive tree
Also named: elaiōn (ἐλαιών "Olivet" G1638)
זַ֫יִת (za.yit) — olive.
1) olive, olive tree
1a) olive tree
1b) olives
2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural absoluteHNcmpa
Were frequently used as types of kings, or men of wealth and power, Ps 37:35 Isa 2:13 Da 4:10-26 Zec 11:1,2. The "tree of knowledge of good and evil" bore the forbidden fruit, by eating of which Adam fatally increased his knowledge—of good by its loss, of sin and woe by actual experience, Ge 2:9,17. The "tree of life" may have been both an assurance and a means of imparting life, a seal of eternal holiness and bliss, if man had not sinned. Compare Re 22:2.
סָבִיב (cabiyb) primarily means 'around' and is used as a noun, adverb, and preposition. It denotes a circle, neighbors, or the surrounding area, often implying a sense of being on every side or in a circuit. The entries consistently emphasize its usage in contexts of proximity and encirclement.
סָבִיב 336 subst., used mostly as adv. and prep., circuit, round about
base
H5439 סָבִיב subst., used mostly as adv. and prep., circuit, round about
5439 cabiyb saw-beeb'
or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}; from 5437; (as noun) a
circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with
or without preposition) around:--(place, round) about,
circuit, compass, on every side.
see HEBREW for 05437
סָבִיב (sa.viv) — around.
: around/border
subst
1) places round about, circuit, round about
adv
2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about
prep
3) in the circuit, from every side
סָבִיב (sa.viv) — around: side.
: side
subst
1) places round about, circuit, round about
adv
2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about
prep
3) in the circuit, from every side
סָבִיב (sa.viv) — around: whole.
: whole
subst
1) places round about, circuit, round about
adv
2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about
prep
3) in the circuit, from every side
סָבִיב (sa.viv) — around: neighours.
: neighours
subst
1) places round about, circuit, round about
adv
2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about
prep
3) in the circuit, from every side
N-cs — Noun common · both singular absoluteHNcbsa
The Hebrew word שֻׁלְחָן (shulchan) means 'table' and is derived from the root meaning to spread out. It can refer to various types of tables, including those used for kings, private use, or sacred purposes. The entries consistently emphasize its primary meaning as a table.
שֻׁלְחָן 71 n.m. table
base
H7979 שֻׁלְחָן table
7979 shulchan shool-khawn'
from 7971; a table (as spread out); by implication, a
meal:--table.
see HEBREW for 07971
שֻׁלְחָן (shul.chan) — table.
1) table
1a) table
1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses
Prep | N-ms | Suff — Preposition · noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms