Psalms 127:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֤ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה בָּנִ֑ים שָׂ֝כָ֗ר פְּרִ֣י הַבָּֽטֶן׃

Transliteration

Hinnēh naḥălaṯ YHWH bānîm; śāḵār pərî the bāṭen.

Grammar Details

• *Hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/lo
• *naḥălaṯ*: feminine singular construct - inheritance/heritage of
• *YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
• *bānîm*: masculine plural - sons/children
• *śāḵār*: masculine singular - reward/wages
• *pərî*: masculine singular construct - fruit of
• *bāṭen*: definite with article, feminine singular - the womb

Word Meanings

• *Hinnēh*: behold/lo/see here
• *naḥălaṯ*: inheritance/heritage/possession
• *bānîm*: sons/children/descendants
• *śāḵār*: reward/wages/payment/compensation
• *pərî*: fruit/offspring/produce
• *bāṭen*: womb/belly/body

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
• Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.
• Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.
• Josh 24:3-4 : 3 And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
• Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
• Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
• Isa 13:18 : 18 And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
• Gen 48:4 : 4 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
• 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
• Gen 41:51-52 : 51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
• Gen 15:4-5 : 4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
• Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
• Gen 30:1-2 : 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
• 1 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her. 20 And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
• 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
• 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home. 21 And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.