Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 12:4 Interlinear

“woman A virtuous is a crown to her husband is as rottenness in his bones but she that maketh ashamed”

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Proverbs 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֵֽשֶׁת	H802	woman	a woman
2	חַ֭יִל	H2428	A virtuous	probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
3	עֲטֶ֣רֶת	H5850	is a crown	a crown
4	בַּעְלָ֑הּ	H1167	to her husband	a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
5	וּכְרָקָ֖ב	H7538	is as rottenness	decay (by caries)
6	בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו	H6106	in his bones	a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
7	מְבִישָֽׁה׃	H954	but she that maketh ashamed	properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

Proverbs 12:4 (current)woman A virtuous is a crown to her husband is as rottenness in his bones but she that maketh ashamed