Psalm 128:3
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּרָה
pârâh
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
גֶּפֶן
gephen
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
יְרֵכָה
yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
זַיִת
zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
שְׁתִל
shᵉthil
a sprig (as if transplanted), i.e. sucker
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
Key Terms in This Verse
זַיִת zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Study H2132 →יְרֵכָה yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
Study H3411 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
For 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 int...
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
The 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.
That 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:
Happy 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.
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