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Psalm 128

Psa. 128:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
o shall be as a fruitful
parah (Hebrew #6509)
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Pronounce: paw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
vine
gephen (Hebrew #1612)
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
KJV usage: vine, tree.
Pronounce: gheh'-fen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to bend
by the sides
yrekah (Hebrew #3411)
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
KJV usage: border, coast, part, quarter, side.
Pronounce: yer-ay-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 3409
of thine house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: 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).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: thy children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
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.))
KJV usage: + 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.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
like olive
zayith (Hebrew #2132)
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
KJV usage: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
Pronounce: zay'-yith
Origin: probably from an unused root (akin to 2099)
plants
shthiyl (Hebrew #8363)
a sprig (as if transplanted), i.e. sucker
KJV usage: plant.
Pronounce: sheth-eel'
Origin: from 8362
r round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
thy table
shulchan (Hebrew #7979)
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
KJV usage: table.
Pronounce: shool-khawn'
Origin: from 7971
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Ezek. 19:10• 10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. (Ezek. 19:10)
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Psa. 144:12• 12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: (Psa. 144:12)

More on:

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House,
Olive, Olive Tree,
Table,
Vine; Vineyard,
Wife

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a fruitful vine.
Gen. 49:22• 22Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: (Gen. 49:22)
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Prov. 5:15‑18• 15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
 16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
 17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
 18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. (Prov. 5:15‑18)
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Ezek. 19:10• 10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. (Ezek. 19:10)
olive plants.
Psa. 52:8• 8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. (Psa. 52:8)
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Psa. 144:12• 12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: (Psa. 144:12)
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Jer. 11:16• 16The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. (Jer. 11:16)
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Hos. 14:6‑7• 6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
 7They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. (Hos. 14:6‑7)
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Rom. 11:24• 24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? (Rom. 11:24)
round about.
Psa. 127:5• 5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. (Psa. 127:5)
• It describes the family joys in that day (Is. 62:8-9, Isa. 65:21-23). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy housei; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "by the sides of thy house."