HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIFE – ISHAH אשׁה Proverbs 18:22: “[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically everyone who has attended a wedding is familiar with this verse. This familiarity creates some big problems in translation. For one thing, we are so familiar with the passage
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HEBREW WORD STUDY – WIFE – ISHAH אשׁה Proverbs 18:22: “[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically everyone who has attended a wedding is familiar with this verse. This familiarity creates some big problems in translation. For one thing, we are so familiar with the passage
WORD STUDY – GOOD THING – TOV טוב Proverbs 18:22: “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Practically every modern translation joins in lock step with the KJV and says that finding a wife is finding a good thing. This is obviously translated by men. “Finds a good
