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The wiseלַחֲכַםof heartלֵבwill be calledיִקָּרֵאdiscerning,נָבוֹןand sweetnessוּמֶתֶקof lipsשְׂפָתַיִםincreasesיֹסִיףteaching.לֶקַח
Proverbs 16:21
Study it in the app“The wise of heart will be called discerning, and sweetness of lips increases teaching.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:21, word by word
- The wiseחֲכַםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- of heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- will be calledיִקָּרֵאyikare
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikare” appears- discerningנָבוֹןnavon
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “navon” appears- and sweetnessמֶתֶקmetek
sweetness
Sweetness; the pleasantness of words.
Where else “metek” appears- of lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appears- increasesיֹסִיףyosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appears- teachingלֶקַחlekach
teaching, instruction
Teaching: what is received in order to learn; also persuasion.
Where else “lekach” appears
The context
20Whoever pays attention to the word will find good, and whoever trusts in YHWH, happy is he.
21 · This verse (above)
22A fountain of life is prudence to those who have it, but the correction of fools is folly.