Psalms

Psalm 128:2–4

²For when you eat the fruit of your labor,

blessings and prosperity will be yours.

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

flourishing within your house,

your sons like olive shoots

sitting around your table.

⁴In this way indeed shall blessing come

to the man who fears the LORD.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
when you eat	תֹאכֵ֑ל	ṯō·ḵêl	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H398 eat
the fruit	כַּ֭פֶּיךָ	kap·pe·ḵā	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
of your labor	יְגִ֣יעַ	yə·ḡî·a‘	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3018 toil, product
blessings	אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ	’aš·re·ḵā	Interjection; second person masculine singular	H835 happiness, blessedness
and prosperity	וְט֣וֹב	wə·ṭō·wḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
will be yours	לָֽךְ׃	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your wife	אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀	’eš·tə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
will be like a fruitful	פֹּרִיָּה֮	pō·rî·yāh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful
vine	כְּגֶ֥פֶן	kə·ḡe·p̄en	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular	H1612 vine
within	בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י	bə·yar·kə·ṯê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct	H3411 flank, side
your house	בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ	ḇê·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1004 house
your sons	בָּ֭נֶיךָ	bā·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1121 son
like olive	זֵיתִ֑ים	zê·ṯîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2132 olive-tree, olive
shoots	כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י	kiš·ṯi·lê	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H8363 transplanted shoot, slip
around	סָ֝בִ֗יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
your table	לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃	lə·šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7979 table

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In this way	כֵ֭ן	ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
indeed	הִנֵּ֣ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
shall blessing come	יְבֹ֥רַךְ	yə·ḇō·raḵ	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
to the man	גָּ֗בֶר	gā·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H1397 man
who fears	יְרֵ֣א	yə·rê	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H3373 fear
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 128:2 Isaiah 3:10 · Isaiah 62:8 · Isaiah 65:21–23 · Ecclesiastes 5:18–19 · Deuteronomy 28:4 · Deuteronomy 28:11 · 1 Corinthians 15:58 · Ecclesiastes 8:12 · Ephesians 6:3 · Isaiah 65:13 · Jeremiah 22:15 · Deuteronomy 28:51

Psalm 128:3 Ezekiel 19:10 · Psalm 52:8 · Proverbs 5:15–18 · Romans 11:24 · Genesis 49:22 · Jeremiah 11:16 · Psalm 127:5 · Psalm 144:12 · Hosea 14:6–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.