Proverbs 12:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Proverbs 12:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 12:47 words

HebrewMeaning

אֵֽשֶׁתʾēšet

womannounH802

each · every · female · many ···

חַ֭יִלḥayil

ablenounH2428

activity · army · band of men · company ···

עֲטֶ֣רֶתʿăṭeret

crownnounH5850

בַּעְלָ֑/הּbaʿəlāh

captainnounH1167

archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···

וּ/כְ/רָקָ֖בwkərāqāb

rottennessconjH7538

בְּ/עַצְמוֹתָ֣י/וbəʿaṣəmwōtāyw

bodypronH6106

bone · life · same · strength ···

מְבִישָֽׁהməbiyšāh

(beverbH954

make · bring to · cause · put to ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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