Proverbs 5:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ֥ בָר֑וּךְ וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ

Transliteration

yĕhî-your-māqôr bārûk and-śĕmaḥ from-ʾēšet your-nĕʿûrîm

Grammar Details

*yĕhî*: verb, qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let it be
*māqôr*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your fountain/spring/source
*bārûk*: verb, qal passive participle masculine singular - blessed
*śĕmaḥ*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - rejoice
*ʾēšet*: noun, feminine singular construct - wife of
*nĕʿûrîm*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your youth

Word Meanings

*yĕhî*: let it be/may it be
*māqôr*: fountain/spring/source/origin/well
*bārûk*: blessed/praised/adored
*śĕmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad/be joyful
*ʾēšet*: wife/woman
*nĕʿûrîm*: youth/young age/early life

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
Song 4:12 : 12 A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song 4:15 : 15 [ Thou art] a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
Mal 2:14-15 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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