Translations
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the inner chambers of your house; your children like olive saplings encircling your table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing in the heart of your home; your children like young olive trees surrounding your table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Footnotes
Yarketei denotes the innermost recesses or flanks of a structure—the sheltered, private heart of the home. Far from a relegation, it is a place of honor and safety, echoing the Most Holy Place (yarekah) in the Tabernacle (cf. Exod. 26:22–23). The gephen poriyyah (fruitful vine) is Israel's own symbol of covenantal blessing and abundance (Ps. 80; Isa. 5; John 15). Shtelei zeitim (olive shoots/saplings) pictures young, vibrant trees not yet mature—hope embodied, generational promise still unfolding. F.O.G. preserves 'inner chambers' for architectural precision; F.O.G.M. uses 'heart of your home' to draw out its warmth and centrality.

