וַֽיְהַֽלְלָהּ׃ (way·ha·lə·lå̄h) in Proverbs 31:28: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
וַֽיְהַֽלְלָהּ׃ (way·ha·lə·lå̄h) in Proverbs 31:28
Source Word
Proverbs 31:28 row 5 aligns the waw-linked H1984 Piel form and feminine singular suffix with praises her as well.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Praises her as well distinguishes the singular husband from the plural children while keeping the same woman as the object of the household's recognition. The BSB's praises her as well reflects the coordinated finite verb, the feminine suffix, and the transition from the children's words to the husband's own praise.
How To Communicate It
Use the singular ending to follow the subject change to her husband, resolve her to the poem's woman, and read the praise as recognition of the character already displayed.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make human praise the source of virtue or collapse the husband's singular response into the plural works that speak at the gates in verse 31.
- The subject is identified by the nearby noun her husband, not by gender and number in isolation.
- The form does not reduce the woman's worth to male approval, make praise the ground of her character, or turn every Piel form of H1984 into identical public acclaim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Piel
ConsecImperf
Third
Masculine
Singular
Not applicable
Waw conjunction
Third person feminine singular
The waw-linked Piel consecutive imperfect is masculine singular, matching her husband in the coordinated clause, and carries a feminine singular suffix for the woman. The form advances from the children's blessing to her husband's praise of her.
The finite form presents the husband as the singular speaker of praise and the woman as the suffix-marked recipient.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The household response to the woman's sustained wisdom, labor, generosity, and fear of the Lord
The coordinated sequence in which her children call her blessed and her husband also praises her
The finite form presents the husband as the singular speaker of praise and the woman as the suffix-marked recipient.
The form does not reduce the woman's worth to male approval, make praise the ground of her character, or turn every Piel form of H1984 into identical public acclaim.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form makes the husband's recognition a distinct household voice while directing it toward the woman portrayed throughout the poem.
The waw-linked Piel consecutive imperfect is masculine singular, matching her husband in the coordinated clause, and carries a feminine singular suffix for the woman. The form advances from the children's blessing to her husband's praise of her.. The finite form presents the husband as the singular speaker of praise and the woman as the suffix-marked recipient.. Attached to the household response to the woman's sustained wisdom, labor, generosity, and fear of the Lord. Governed by the coordinated sequence in which her children call her blessed and her husband also praises her. The form does not reduce the woman's worth to male approval, make praise the ground of her character, or turn every Piel form of H1984 into identical public acclaim.
Who praises whom in Proverbs 31:28? Her husband praises the woman, following the verse's statement that her children rise and call her blessed.
Direct: The BSB's praises her as well reflects the coordinated finite verb, the feminine suffix, and the transition from the children's words to the husband's own praise.
The subject is identified by the nearby noun her husband, not by gender and number in isolation. The connective can be expressed naturally as as well because this praise follows the children's blessing in the coordinated line.
The masculine singular ending ignored, the feminine suffix left unresolved, or the consecutive form isolated from the coordinated family response: Do not make human praise the source of virtue or collapse the husband's singular response into the plural works that speak at the gates in verse 31. praises her used to make another person's approval the source or full measure of her excellence: Keep "praises her as well" connected to וַֽיְהַֽלְלָהּ׃, row 5, and the full Proverbs 31:28 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
Proverbs 31:28 row 5 aligns the waw-linked H1984 Piel form and feminine singular suffix with praises her as well.
This row 5 H1984 witness is the husband's singular response within the household, distinct from the woman's works receiving plural public praise in verse 31.
The waw-linked Piel consecutive imperfect is masculine singular, matching her husband in the coordinated clause, and carries a feminine singular suffix for the woman. The form advances from the children's blessing to her husband's praise of her.
Proverbs 31:10-31 honors a capable, God-fearing woman whose trustworthy work blesses her household and community; verse 28 records her family's truthful recognition.
The husband's praise belongs to the poem's cumulative portrait and culminates with fear of the Lord, not with appearance or social approval as the measure of wisdom.
Use the singular ending to follow the subject change to her husband, resolve her to the poem's woman, and read the praise as recognition of the character already displayed.
Do not make human praise the source of virtue or collapse the husband's singular response into the plural works that speak at the gates in verse 31.