Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Proverbs 21:9
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Hebrew)
ט֗וֹב לָשֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃
- ט֗וֹבTov“[is] good”Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from טוֹב · “pleasant” · Strong's H2896A
- לָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vet“to dwell”Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from יָשַׁב · “to dwell” · Strong's H3427
- עַל־'al-“on”Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
- פִּנַּת־pi.nat-“a corner of”Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from פִּנָּה · “corner” · Strong's H6438H
- גָּ֑גGag“a roof”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from גָּג · “roof” · Strong's H1406
- מֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shet“more than a woman of”Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from אִשָּׁה · “wife” · Strong's H0802H
- מִ֝דְיָנִ֗יםmid.ya.Nim“contentions”Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from מִדְיָן · “contention” · Strong's H4079
- וּבֵ֥יתu.Veit“and a house of”Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004B
- חָֽבֶר׃Cha.ver“association”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from חֲבַר · “fellow” · Strong's H2269
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)