The Meaning of Proverbs 19:14 Explained

Proverbs 19:14

KJV: House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

YLT: House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

Darby: House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

ASV: House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

House  and riches  [are] the inheritance  of fathers:  and a prudent  wife  [is] from the LORD. 

What does Proverbs 19:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 19

1  Life and Conduct

What do the individual words in Proverbs 19:14 mean?

Houses and riches [are] an inheritance from fathers but from Yahweh a wife [is] prudent
בַּ֣יִת וָ֭הוֹן נַחֲלַ֣ת אָב֑וֹת וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה אִשָּׁ֥ה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת

בַּ֣יִת  Houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וָ֭הוֹן  and  riches  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹון  
Sense: wealth, riches, substance.
נַחֲלַ֣ת  an  inheritance  from 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
אָב֑וֹת  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה  but  from  Yahweh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אִשָּׁ֥ה  a  wife  [is] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת  prudent 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, feminine singular
Root: שָׂכַל 
Sense: to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper.