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The heartלֵבof the wiseחָכָםmakes his mouth prudent,יַשְׂכִּיל פִּיהוּand onוְעַלhis lipsשְׂפָתָיוit addsיֹסִיףteaching.לֶקַח
Proverbs 16:23
Study it in the app“The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and on his lips it adds teaching.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:23, word by word
- The heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- makes his mouth prudentיַשְׂכִּילyaskil
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “yaskil” appears- makes his mouth prudentפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- it addsיֹסִיףyosif
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
22A fountain of life is prudence to those who have it, but the correction of fools is folly.
23 · This verse (above)
24A honeycomb are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.