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forכִּיit is pleasantנָעִיםifכִּיyou keep themתִשְׁמְרֵםwithin you,בְּבִטְנֶךָif they are establishedיִכֹּנוּtogetherיַחְדָּוon your lips.עַל שְׂפָתֶיךָ
Proverbs 22:18
Study it in the app“for it is pleasant if you keep them within you, if they are established together on your lips.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:18, word by word
- it is pleasantנָעִיםnaim
pleasant
Lovely, dear, charming.
Where else “naim” appears- you keep themתִשְׁמְרֵtishmre
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “tishmre” appears- within youבִטְנֶvitne
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “vitne” appears- if they are establishedיִכֹּנוּyikonu
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “yikonu” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- on your lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears
The context
17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge;
18 · This verse (above)
19So that your trust may be in YHWH, I have made them known to you today, even to you.