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A gladשָׂמֵחַheartלֵבmakes the face good,יֵיטִב פָּנִיםbut by the painוּבְעַצְּבַתof the heartלֵבthe spiritרוּחַis crushed.נְכֵאָה
Proverbs 15:13
Study it in the app“A glad heart makes the face good, but by the pain of the heart the spirit is crushed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 15:13, word by word
- A gladשָׂמֵחַsameach
joyful, glad
Joyful, glad.
Where else “sameach” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- makes the face goodיֵיטִבyetiv
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “yetiv” appears- makes the face goodפָּנִיםpanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appears- but by the painעַצְּבַתatsvat
pain, hurt
Pain, sorrow, a wound.
Where else “atsvat” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- is crushedנְכֵאָהnechea
stricken, broken
Stricken, struck down; a spirit broken by pain.
Where else “nechea” appears
The context
12A scoffer does not love one who reproves him; to the wise he will not go.
13 · This verse (above)
14The heart of the discerning seeks knowledge, but the mouth of the senseless feeds on folly.