# eshet chail (אֵשֶׁת חַיִל)

pronounced: E-shet KHA-yil


**“Woman of valour” — Proverbs 31:10-31, sung by a husband over his wife at the Shabbat table**

## In Scripture

> Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
> — Proverbs 31:10 (Exact occurrence — the poem opens with eshet chail, a woman of valour whose worth is beyond jewels.)

> Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.
> — Ruth 3:11 (Exact occurrence — Ruth is called an eshet chail before Proverbs 31 describes one.)

> A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
> — Proverbs 12:4 (Exact occurrence — eshet chail is the crown of her husband, a compact portrait of strength joined to faithfulness.)

> “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
> — Proverbs 31:29 (Root component — this renders the same chail, valour and noble capacity, inside the poem’s conclusion.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


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