Proverbs 21:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.

King James Bible
[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Hebrew
Better
ט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

to live
לָשֶׁ֥בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a corner
פִּנַּת־ (pin·naṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain

of the roof
גָּ֑ג (gāḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1406: A roof, the top of an altar

than to share
חָֽבֶר׃ (ḥā·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2267: Company, association, spell

a house
וּבֵ֥ית (ū·ḇêṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

with a quarrelsome
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (miḏ·yā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4079: Brawling, contention

wife.
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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