Eshet Chayil

A Woman of Valor – Mishelei/Proverbs 31:10…

Sung on Friday night Kabbalat (receiving) of the Shabbat, to honor one’s wife.
But Rashi (11th century) and the Midrash Mishlei identify the “woman” as a metaphor for the Torah.
Others say the woman can represent the Shekinah or the soul.

It is an acrostic – each line begins with the following letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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Proverbs 31:10

Proverbs 31:11

Proverbs 31:12

Proverbs 31:13

Proverbs 31:14

Proverbs 31:15

Proverbs 31:16

Proverbs 31:17

Proverbs 31:18

Proverbs 31:19

Proverbs 31:11

Proverbs 31:21

Proverbs 31:22

Proverbs 31:23

Proverbs 31:24

Proverbs 31:25

Proverbs 31:26

Proverbs 31:27

Proverbs 31:28

Proverbs 31:29

Proverbs 31:30

Proverbs 31:31

I neither support or recommend the organization that made the next video, but their rendition of Eshet Chayil is excellent, the best for learners! It has a good voice, good speed, good pronunciation.

This one has some harmony, but no words on the screen:

This is the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) with great harmony, but not the standard tune.