Proverbs 12:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Young's Literal Translation
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.

King James Bible
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

Hebrew
A wife
אֵֽשֶׁת־ (’ê·šeṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

of noble character
חַ֭יִל (ḥa·yil)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

is her husband’s
בַּעְלָ֑הּ (ba‘·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

crown,
עֲטֶ֣רֶת (‘ă·ṭe·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5850: A crown, wreath

but she who causes shame
מְבִישָֽׁה׃ (mə·ḇî·šāh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

is like decay
וּכְרָקָ֖ב (ū·ḵə·rā·qāḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7538: Rottenness, decay

in his bones.
בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו (bə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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