Proverbs 19:13 — Word Study
WLCהַוֹּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃
BSAA foolishkᵉçîyl [stupid, silly, rejecting God] sonbên is his father’sʼâb [parent's, ancestor's] ruinhavvâh [calamity, destruction, grief] and a quarrelsomemidyân [contentious, brawling] wifeʼishshâh is like a constantṭârad [continual, never-ending] drippingdeleph [leaking, dropping]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| הַוֹּ֣ת | [is] destruction | Noun common, feminine plural absolute |
| לְ֭אָבִיו | to father his | Preposition, noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| בֵּ֣ן | a son | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| כְּסִ֑יל | a fool | Adj |
| וְדֶ֥לֶף | and [are] a dripping | Conjunction, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| טֹ֝רֵ֗ד | continuous | Verb, Qal, participle (active) masculine singular |
| מִדְיְנֵ֥י | [the] contentions of | Noun common, masculine plural construct |
| אִשָּֽׁה׃ | a wife | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. |
| KJV | A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. |
| ASV | A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. |
| YLT | A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping. |
| WEB | A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. |
| BBE | A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end. |
Where they part company is in the rendering of הַוֹּת — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence consists of two main clauses connected by a conjunction, illustrating the contrasting effects of a foolish son and a quarrelsome wife.
8 commentators on this verse
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verbטָרַד
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Deep Study — Proverbs 19:13
Sections marked generated are written from the data on this page rather than by a named author. Everything else — the lexicon entries, the cross references, the manuscript readings, the counts — is quoted from its source unchanged.
Context — Wisdom on Family Relationshipsgenerated
Proverbs 19:13 illustrates the challenges of family life, emphasizing the consequences of foolishness and quarrelsomeness. The verse suggests that a foolish son causes grief to his father, while a contentious wife brings ongoing irritation, akin to a leaky faucet. This theme of family dynamics is echoed throughout the chapter, as seen in the surrounding verses.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proverbs 10:1 | The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. |
| 2 | Proverbs 15:20 | A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother. |
| 3 | Proverbs 17:21–25 | A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. |
| 4 | 2 Samuel 13:1–18 | After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom. |
| 5 | Ecclesiastes 2:18–19 | I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 9 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — הַוֹּת, ha.Votgenerated
The word הַוָּה (havvah) is a feminine noun meaning 'destruction' or 'calamity'. It originates from a root that conveys a sense of strong desire, often with negative implications. In this verse, it describes the ruin caused by a foolish son, indicating that such foolishness leads to significant distress for the father.
The parsing as a noun in the plural form suggests a broader scope of calamity, possibly indicating multiple instances of grief or destruction that arise from the actions of a foolish child.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb structure is implied rather than stated, with two main clauses: the first describes the foolish son and the second the quarrelsome wife. The sentence structure emphasizes the contrasting outcomes of foolishness and contention within family relationships.
The word order places the subject first, highlighting the foolish son and the quarrelsome wife as the primary focus of the verse, which serves to underscore their negative impacts on family life.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, the Hebrew term הַוָּה is rendered as αἰσχύνη (aishynē), which conveys a sense of shame or disgrace. This choice reflects a narrowing of the concept from a broader calamity to a specific moral failing.
The translation of אִשָּׁה as ἑταίρας (hetairas) indicates a focus on the relational aspect of the quarrelsome wife, emphasizing her role in social dynamics.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Proverbs 19:13 tells us that a foolish son brings destruction to his father, while a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. This verse highlights the negative effects of foolishness and contention in family relationships.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It means that the actions and behavior of a foolish son can cause significant distress and calamity for his father.
This comparison suggests that a quarrelsome wife creates ongoing irritation and annoyance, similar to the persistent sound of dripping water.
This verse reflects the broader themes in Proverbs regarding the importance of wisdom and the consequences of foolishness in personal relationships.
We learn that both foolishness and contention can lead to significant problems within the family, emphasizing the need for wisdom and harmony.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways have I seen foolishness impact my family or relationships?
- How can I cultivate peace and understanding in my own household?
- What are some practical steps I can take to avoid being quarrelsome?
- How can I support family members who may be struggling with foolish behavior?
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Proverbs 19:13 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleA foolish son [is] the calamity of his father,.... Or, "the calamities of his father" (q); he brings them to him.
Read John Gill on Proverbs 19 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryA foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping - through the roof of a house.
Read Robert Jamieson on Proverbs 19 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleAre like rain continually dropping upon a house, which by degrees marreth the house and household stuff, and driveth the inhabitants out of it. He compareth her to a continual dropping, because of that inseparable union and necessary cohabitation of husband and wife together, notwithstanding such contentions.
Read Matthew Poole on Proverbs 19 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsProverbs 19:13 A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.Ver. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father.] Children are certain cares, but uncertain comforts. Let them prove never so towardly, yet there is somewhat to do to breed them up, and bring them to good. But if they answer not expectation, the parent’ s grief is inexpressible. See the note on Proverbs 10:1, and xv. 20. How many an unhappy father is tempted to wish with Augustus, ‘ O utinam caelebs vixissem, orbusque perissem?’ And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.] Like as a man that hath met with hard usage abroad thinks to mend himself at home…
Read John Trapp on Proverbs 19 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) A continual dropping.—As of the rain leaking through the flat roof of an eastern house on a wet day. (Comp. 27:15.)
Read Charles John Ellicott on Proverbs 19 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 13. The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.] The man who has got such a wife is like a tenant who has got a cottage with a bad roof, through every part of which the rain either drops or pours. He can neither sit, stand, work, nor sleep, without being exposed to these droppings. God help the man who is in such a case, with house or wife!
Read AdamClarke on Proverbs 19 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges13. continual] Lit. thrusting, where one drop follows so closely upon another as to thrust it forward. “In quo gutta guttam trudit,” Maur.; “Tecta jugiter perstillantia litigiosa mulier,” Vulg. Comp. Proverbs 27:15.
Read Cambridge on Proverbs 19 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleCalamity - The Hebrew word is plural (as in Psalms 57:1; Psalms 91:3), and seems to express the multiplied and manifold sorrow caused by the foolish son.
Read Albert Barnes on Proverbs 19 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
Tyndale line
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
Strictly literal
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
A foolish son [is] a calamity to his father, || And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.
A foolish son is ruin to his father and a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water.
From the Latin
A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
Simplified
A stupid son makes his father miserable, and an argumentative wife is like dripping that never stops.
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text of Proverbs 19:13 states, "A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping." The Septuagint, while it shares some words with the Masoretic Text, does not provide a complete rendering of this verse, indicating that it may differ in content or structure. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Dead Sea Scrolls, if they include this verse, may also offer variations, but specific details about their readings are not provided here. Overall, the Masoretic Text stands as the primary witness for this verse, with the Septuagint showing partial agreement but lacking a full equivalent.
הַוֹּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃
6 of the 8 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Proverbs 19:13
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
הַוָּה (havvah) primarily means 'desire,' often with a negative connotation, indicating a bad or wicked desire. It can also refer to a 'chasm' or figuratively to destruction and calamity. The word is built from the root associated with eager coveting and falling into ruin.
הַוָּה n.f. 1. desire; 2. chasm, fig. destruction
base
H1942 הַוָּה 1. desire; 2. chasm, fig. destruction
1942 havvah hav-vaw'
from 1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin:--calamity,
iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty,
noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
see HEBREW for 01933
הַוָּה (hav.vah) — desire.
1) desire
1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity
N-fp — Noun common · feminine plural absoluteHNcfpa
de-struk'-shun: In the King James Version this word translates over 30 Hebrew words in the Old Testament, and 4 words in the New Testament. Of these the most interesting, as having a technical sense, is 'abhaddon (from verb 'abhadh, "to be lost," "to perish"). It is found 6 times in the Wisdom Literature, and nowhere else in the Old Testament; compare Re 9:11. See ABADDON.
Destruction
In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.
אָב (av) means 'father' and encompasses various roles such as the literal father of an individual, God as the father of His people, and the head of a household or clan. It can also refer to an ancestor, originator of a profession, or a figure of respect and protection. Notably, it can imply a ruler or chief in later contexts.
אָב 1101 n.m. father
father of individual
of God as father of his people
head of household, family or clan
ancestor
originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
fig. of producer, generator
fig. of benevolence & protection
term of respect & honor
specif., ruler, chief (late)
base
H1 אָב father . father of individual
. of God as father of his people
. head of household, family or clan
. ancestor
. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
. fig. of producer, generator
. fig. of benevolence & protection
. term of respect & honor
. specif., ruler, chief (late)
1 'ab awb
a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or
figurative and remote application):--chief,
(fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names
in "Abi-".
אָב (av) — father.
1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.)
Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)
אָב (av) — (Huram)-abi.
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.7.13; also called Huram-abi (KJV: "Huram my father's") at 2Ch.2.13; 4.16;
Combined with chi.ram (חִירָם "Hiram" H2438H)
אָב (av) — father of.
The father of Gibeon, also known as Abiel - a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.9.1;
son of: Zeror (H6872C); married to Maacah (H4601N);
Prep | N-ms | Suff — Preposition · noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
בֵּן (ben) means 'son' or 'male child' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including descendants, young animals, and even figurative uses like sparks or arrows. It can refer to members of a tribe or class and is used in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, such as in 1 Chronicles 24:26. The word is derived from a root meaning 'to build' and implies a connection to family or lineage.
בֵּן 4870 n.m. son
son, male child, born of a woman
children (male and female)
youth, young men
the young of animals
of plant shoots
fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
member of a guild, order or class
of animals son of (the) herd
ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
n. relat. of age
base
בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.
done
H1121a בֵּן son . son, male child, born of a woman
. children (male and female)
. youth, young men
. the young of animals
. of plant shoots
. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
. . member of a guild, order or class
. of animals son of (the) herd
. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
. n. relat. of age
H1121b בְּנוֹ as n. pr. m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son
1121 ben bane
from 1129; 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.)):--+ 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.
see HEBREW for 01129
see HEBREW for 01
see HEBREW for 0251
בֵּן (ben) — son: child.
: child/son
בְּנוֹ (be.no) — Beno.
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.26;
son of: Jaaziah (H3269);
brother of: Shoham (H7719), Zaccur (H2139I) and Ibri (H5681)
§ Beno = "his son"
the sons of Jaaziah and the sons of Merari by Jaahziah (his son)
בֵּן (ben) — son: descendant/people.
: descendant, people, tribe, nation
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
§ : child/son
בֵּן (ben) — son: young animal.
: calf/lamb/young(ANIMAL)
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
§ : descendant
בֵּן (ben) — son: type of.
: rebel/son(Belial)
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
§ : people/men/nation/tribe
בֵּן (ben) — son.
: [inheriting]son/heir
A sub-meaning of ben (בֵּן ": child" H1121)
בֵּן (ben) — son: warrior.
: warrior/son(strong)
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
The term "son" is used in Scripture language to imply almost any kind of descent or succession, as ben shanah , "son of a year," i.e. a year old; ben kesheth , "son of a bow," i.e. an arrow. The word bar is often found in the New Testament in composition, as Bar-timaeus.
Sometimes denotes a grandson, or any remote descendant, Ge 29:5 2Sa 19:24. At other times a son by adoption is meant, Ge 48:5; or by law, Ru 4:17; or by education, 1Sa 3:6 20:35; or by conversion, as Titus was Paul’s "son father the common faith," Tit 1:4. And again it denotes a mental or moral resemblance, etc., Jud 19:22 Ps 89:6 Isa 57:3 Ac 13:10. In a…
→ FIGURATIVE
Of a person' s relation to God Ex 4:22
See ADOPTION
See GOD, FATHERHOOD OF
See JESUS, SON OF GOD
See JESUS, SON OF MAN
כְּסִיל (kciyl) refers to a fool or a stupid person. It is derived from a root meaning 'fat' and is used figuratively to describe someone who is foolish, simple-minded, or arrogant. The term appears in various contexts in the Old Testament, emphasizing a lack of wisdom or understanding.
כְּסִיל 70 n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool
base
H3684 כְּסִיל
3684 kciyl kes-eel'
from 3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or
silly:--fool(-ish).
see HEBREW for 03688
כְּסִיל (ke.sil) — fool.
fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one
Adj — AdjHAamsa
Any person who does not act wisely, that is, does not follow the warnings and requirements of God, which are founded in infinite wisdom. Hence "a fool" is put for a wicked man, an enemy or neglecter of God, Ps 14:1 Pr 19:1. So folly is put for wickedness, 2Sa 13:12,13 Ps 38:5, foolish lusts for wicked lusts, etc. Foolish talking, foolish questions, are vain, empty, unprofitable conversation, 2Ti 2:23.
דֶּ֫לֶף (deleph) refers to a dripping or dropping, particularly noted in the context of rain. It can also figuratively describe a contentious wife. The word is derived from a related term, indicating its specific meaning within the Old Testament.
דֶּ֫לֶף n.m. a dropping (of rain)
base
H1812 דֶּ֫לֶף
1812 deleph deh'-lef
from 1811; a dripping:--dropping.
see HEBREW for 01811
דֶּ֫לֶף (de.leph) — dripping.
1) a dropping, dripping
1a) of contentious wife (fig.)
Conj | N-ms — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular absoluteHC/Ncmsa
טָרַד (tarad) is a primitive root meaning to pursue or chase, and it can also imply a sense of continuity. The entries indicate that it can describe a continual action, such as dripping, and it has an Aramaic equivalent meaning to chase away. There are no significant disagreements among the lexicons.
[טָרַד] vb. pursue, chase, be continuous
base
H2956 טָרַד
2956 tarad taw-rad'
a primitive root; to drive on; figuratively, to follow
close:--continual.
טָרַד (ta.rad) — to pursue.
1) to pursue, chase, be continuous
1a) (Qal) dripping (participle)
Aramaic equivalent: te.rad (טְרַד "to chase away" H2957)
V-Qal — Verb · Qal · participle (active) masculine singularHVqrmsa
מִדְיָן (midyan) refers to strife or contention, indicating a state of disagreement or conflict. The term is associated with brawling and is derived from a variation of another Hebrew word for contention. It appears in contexts relating to disputes or arguments.
מָדוֹן n.m. strife, contention
strife, contention
object of contention
base
H4079 דִּין, דּוּן
4079 midyan mid-yawn'
a variation for 4066:--brawling, contention(-ous).
see HEBREW for 04066
מִדְיָן (mid.yan) — contention.
strife, contention
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural constructHNcmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
אִשָּׁה (ishshah) means 'woman,' 'wife,' or 'female.' It can refer to a woman in general, a wife in relation to a man, or the female of animals. The term also has distributive and reciprocal uses, indicating 'each woman' from her neighbor. The word is derived from the masculine forms אִישׁ (ish) and אִישָׁה (ishah), indicating a broad range of meanings.
אִשָּׁה 773 n.f. woman, wife, female
woman
Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf.)
Female of animals
With distrib. & recipr. sense, each woman from her neighbor; each one
base
H802 אִשָּׁה woman, wife, female . woman
. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf.)
. Female of animals
. With distrib. & recipr. sense, each woman from her neighbor; each one
802 'ishshah ish-shaw'
feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym
{naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as
582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none,
one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
see HEBREW for 0376
see HEBREW for 0582
see HEBREW for 0582
אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) — woman.
: woman
1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)
אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) — woman: wife.
: wife/widow
1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)
אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) — woman: another.
: another
1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
wif.
See MARRIAGE; RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.
Wife
The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband. A wife’s legal rights (Ex. 21:10) and her duties (Prov. 31:10-31; 1 Tim. 5:14) are specified. She could be divorced in special cases (Deut.…
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