Proverbs 5:18
"Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Let thy fountain be blessed,.... Thy wife; make her happy by keeping to her and from others; by behaving in a loving, affable, and respectful manner to her; by living comfortably with her, and providing well for her

and her children: or reckon her a happiness, a blessing that God has bestowed; or "thy fountain shall be blessed,'' as the Targum; that is, with a numerous offspring, which was always reckoned a blessedness, and was generally the happiness of virtuous women, when harlots were barren; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth; taken to be a wife in youth, and lived with ever since; do not despise her, nor divorce her, even in old age, but delight in her company now as ever; carry it not morosely and churlishly to her, but express a joy and pleasure in her; see Ecc 9:9 . Jarchi interprets this of the law learned in youth; but it might be much better interpreted of the pure apostolic church of Christ, "the beulah", to whom her sons are married, Isa 62:4 ; to whom they should cleave with delight and pleasure, and not follow the antichristian harlot.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H1961 הָיָה
Definition:

1+;וְהָיָהconsecutiveGenesis 4:14+; 3 feminine singularהָֽיְתָהGenesis 1:2+;הָיָ֑תָהIsaiah 14:243t.;וְהָֽיְתָהconsecutiveGenesis 9:13+;והית2Kings 9:37 Kt (Qrוְהָֽיְתָה); 2 masculine singularהָיִיתָDeu 1+;וְהָיָהconsecutiveGenesis 4:14+; 3 feminine singularהָֽיְתָהGenesis 1:2+;הָיָ֑תָהIsaiah 14:243t.;וְהָֽיְתָהconsecutiveGenesis 9:13+;והית2Kings 9:37 Kt (Qrוְהָֽיְתָה); 2 masculine singularהָיִיתָDeu

Possible Meanings:
  • fall out (semantic_range)
  • come to pass (semantic_range)
  • become (semantic_range)
  • be (semantic_range)
  • Fall out (semantic_range)
H4726 מָקוֹר
Definition:

1spring, fountain(apparently originallywell); — absolute׳מZechariah 13:1;Proverbs 25:26; constructמְקוֺרJeremiah 2:13+,מְקֹרLeviticus 12:7;Leviticus 20:18; suffixמְקוֺרוֺHosea 13:15, etc.; —1springof 1spring, fountain(apparently originallywell); — absolute׳מZechariah 13:1;Proverbs 25:26; constructמְקוֺרJeremiah 2:13+,מְקֹרLeviticus 12:7;Leviticus 20:18; suffixמְקוֺרוֺHosea 13:15, etc.; —1springof

Possible Meanings:
  • source (semantic_range)
H1288 בָרַךְ
Definition:

Aramaicבְּרֵךְ(praise), Palmyrene especially inבריך שמו לעלמאVogPalm. 74 ff.compare 94, 144) —QalImperfectיִבְּרַךְ2Chronicles 6:13;נִבְרְכָהPsalm 95:6;בָּרוֺךְ(seePi`el);Passive participleבָּרוּךְGen Aramaicבְּרֵךְ(praise), Palmyrene especially inבריך שמו לעלמאVogPalm. 74 ff.compare 94, 144) —QalImperfectיִבְּרַךְ2Chronicles 6:13;נִבְרְכָהPsalm 95:6;בָּרוֺךְ(seePi`el);Passive participleבָּרוּךְGen

Possible Meanings:
  • knee (semantic_range)
H8055 שָׂמַח
Definition:

9;וְשָׂמֵ֑חַconsecutiveProverbs 29:6; 3feminine singularשָׂמֵ֑חָהEsther 8:15; 2masculine singularוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֫Deuteronomy 12:18+; 3 masculine pluralשָׂמֵ֑חוּNehemiah 12:43, etc.;ImperfectיִשְׂמַחIsaia 9;וְשָׂמֵ֑חַconsecutiveProverbs 29:6; 3feminine singularשָׂמֵ֑חָהEsther 8:15; 2masculine singularוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֫Deuteronomy 12:18+; 3 masculine pluralשָׂמֵ֑חוּNehemiah 12:43, etc.;ImperfectיִשְׂמַחIsaia

Possible Meanings:
  • glad (semantic_range)
  • joyful (semantic_range)
  • merry (semantic_range)
H0802 אִשָּׁה
Definition:

33+; constructאֵשֶׁתGenesis 11:29+ (apparently absoluteDeuteronomy 21:11;1 Samuel 28:7;Psalm 58:9but compare Bö§ 728Ges§ 130. 5); suffixאִשְׁתִּיGenesis 20:11+;אִשְׁתְּךָGenesis 12:18+ (אֶשְׁתְּךָPsal 33+; constructאֵשֶׁתGenesis 11:29+ (apparently absoluteDeuteronomy 21:11;1 Samuel 28:7;Psalm 58:9but compare Bö§ 728Ges§ 130. 5); suffixאִשְׁתִּיGenesis 20:11+;אִשְׁתְּךָGenesis 12:18+ (אֶשְׁתְּךָPsal

Possible Meanings:
  • an offering made by fire (semantic_range)
H5271 נָעוּר
Definition:

6;Psalm 127:4; elsewhere suffixנְעֻרַי1 Samuel 12:2,נְעוּרַיJob 31:18+,נְעֻרֶיךָ2 Samuel 19:8,נְעוּרֶיךָProverbs 5:18+,נְעוּרַיִךְJeremiah 2:2+,נְעוּרָ֑יְכִיPsalm 103:5,נְעוּרֵיהֶןEzekiel 23:3, etc.; 6;Psalm 127:4; elsewhere suffixנְעֻרַי1 Samuel 12:2,נְעוּרַיJob 31:18+,נְעֻרֶיךָ2 Samuel 19:8,נְעוּרֶיךָProverbs 5:18+,נְעוּרַיִךְJeremiah 2:2+,נְעוּרָ֑יְכִיPsalm 103:5,נְעוּרֵיהֶןEzekiel 23:3, etc.;

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