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andוְmy kidneysכִלְיוֹתָיwill exultתַעְלֹזְנָהwhenבְּyour lipsשְׂפָתֶיךָspeakדַבֵּרwhat is right.מֵישָׁרִים
Proverbs 23:16
Study it in the app“and my kidneys will exult when your lips speak what is right.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:16, word by word
- my kidneysכִלְיוֹתָchilyota
inmost self
A person's innermost self, their feelings.
Where else “chilyota” appears- will exultתַעְלֹזְנָהtalozna
exult
Leap for joy, exult.
Where else “talozna” appears- your lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears- speakדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- what is rightמֵישָׁרִיםmesharim
uprightness
What is upright and just, in what is spoken or judged.
Where else “mesharim” appears
The context
15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, mine too;
16 · This verse (above)
17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of YHWH all day long;