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A honeycombצוּף דְּבַשׁare pleasantנֹעַםsayings,אִמְרֵיsweetמָתוֹקto the soulלַנֶּפֶשׁand healingוּמַרְפֵּאto the bones.לָעָצֶם
Proverbs 16:24
Study it in the app“A honeycomb are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soulThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:24, word by word
- A honeycombצוּףtsuf
honeycomb
Honeycomb: the wax cells from which honey drips.
Where else “tsuf” appears- A honeycombדְּבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- are pleasantנֹעַםnoam
delight
Delight; YHWH's goodness that gladdens.
Where else “noam” appears- sayingsאִמְרֵיimre
words, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “imre” appears- sweetמָתוֹקmatok
sweet
Sweet; what is sweet.
Where else “matok” appears- to the soulנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- and healingמַרְפֵּאmarpe
healing
What heals a wound; without remedy is without any possibility of cure.
Where else “marpe” appears- to the bonesעָצֶםatsem
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsem” appears
The context
23The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and on his lips it adds teaching.
24 · This verse (above)
25There is a way that is right before a man, but its end is the ways of death.