Proverbs 12:4 Go deeper

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

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אֵֽשֶׁת\־'e.shet-a wife of

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 1

חַ֭יִלCha.yilability

Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: strength: worthy

Used 7 times. Also: Ruth 3:11, Ruth 4:11, 1 Kings 1:42, 1 Kings 1:52, Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 31:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2428I; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 2

עֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.ret[is] [the] crown of

Lemma: עֲטָרָה (a.ta.rah) · Strong's: H5850

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: crown

Used 23 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Chronicles 20:2, Esther 8:15, Job 19:9, Job 31:36, Psalms 21:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5850; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 3

בַּעְלָ֑הּba'.Lahhusband her

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: master: husband

Used 14 times. Also: Exodus 21:3, Exodus 21:22, Leviticus 21:4, Deuteronomy 21:13, Deuteronomy 22:22, Deuteronomy 24:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167H; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 4

וּכְרָקָ֖בu.khe.ra.Kavand [is] like rottenness

Lemma: רָקָב (ra.qav) · Strong's: H7538

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: rottenness

Used 5 times. Also: Job 13:28, Proverbs 14:30, Hosea 5:12, Habakkuk 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7538; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 5

בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יוbe.'atz.mo.Tavin bones his

Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: bone

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 13:19, Numbers 9:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6106G; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 6

מְבִישָֽׁה\׃me.vi.Shaha [woman who] acts shamefully

Lemma: בּוֹשׁ (bush) · Strong's: H0954

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrfsa)

Meaning: be ashamed

Used 126 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, Exodus 32:1, Judges 3:25, Judges 5:28, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Kings 2:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0954; TAHOT Proverbs 12:4 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
of noble character	→	חַ֫יִל H2428I strength: worthy
is her husband’s	→	בַּעַל H1167H master: husband
crown	→	עֲטָרָה H5850 crown
but she who causes shame	→	בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed
is like decay	→	רָקָב H7538 rottenness
in his bones	→	עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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