Psalms 128:3
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. | Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your 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. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wife your | אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ | 'esh-te-KHA | H0802H | womanאִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : 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) |
| [will be] like a vine | כְּגֶ֥פֶן | ke-GE-fen | H1612 | vineגֶּ֫פֶן (ge.phen) 1) vine, vine tree 1a) of Israel (fig.) 1b) of stars fading at Jehovah's judgment (metaph.) 1c) of prosperity |
| fruitful | פֹּרִיָּה֮ | po-ri-YAH | H6509 | be fruitfulפָּרָא (pa.ra) (Hiphil) to bear fruit, be fruitful Another spelling of pa.rah (פָּרָה "be fruitful" H6509) |
| in [the] innermost parts of | בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י | be-yar-ke-TEI | H3411 | thighיַרְכָא (yar.kah) thigh, loin, flank, side, recess Aramaic of ye.re.khah (יַרְכָה "flank" H3411) |
| house your | בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ | vei-TE-kha | H1004B | to lodgeבִּית (but) (P'al) to pass the night, lodge Aramaic of ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת ": home" H1004B) |
| children your | בָּ֭נֶיךָ | BA-nei-kha | H1121A | son: childבֵּן (ben) : child/son |
| [will be] like shoots of | כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י | kish-ti-LEI | H8363 | shootשָׁתִיל (she.til) plant, cutting, transplanted shoot, slip |
| olive trees | זֵיתִ֑ים | zei-TIM | H2132H | oliveזַ֫יִת (za.yit) 1) olive, olive tree 1a) olive tree 1b) olives 2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side |
| around | סָ֝בִ֗יב | sa-VIV | H5439G | aroundסָבִיב (sa.viv) : 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 |
| to table your | לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃ | le-shul-cha-NE-kha | H7979 | tableשֻׁלְחָן (shul.chan) 1) table 1a) table 1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.