Psalms
Psalm 128:3
3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
flourishing within your house,
your sons like olive shoots
sitting around your table.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.