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A gladשָׂמֵחַheartלֵבmakes goodיֵיטִבmedicine,גֵּהָהbut a crushedנְכֵאָהspiritוְרוּחַdries upתְּיַבֶּשׁthe bone.גָּרֶם
Proverbs 17:22
Study it in the app“A glad heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 17:22, 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 goodיֵיטִבyetiv
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yetiv” appears- medicineגֵּהָהgeha
healing, remedy
Medicine, a remedy that cures.
Where else “geha” appears- but a crushedנְכֵאָהnechea
stricken, broken
Stricken, struck down; a spirit broken by pain.
Where else “nechea” appears- spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- dries upתְּיַבֶּשׁteyabesh
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “teyabesh” appears- the boneגָּרֶםgarem
bone
The hard part of the body.
Where else “garem” appears
The context
21Whoever fathers a senseless son does it to his grief, and the father of a fool will not rejoice.
22 · This verse (above)
23A bribe from the bosom the wicked takes, to turn aside the paths of justice.