Proverbs 26:22

“The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.”

Proverbs 26:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 26:22, word by word

The wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “divre” appears
of a grumblerנִרְגָּןnirgan

gossip, slanderer

A whisperer: one who goes about with gossip and sows discord.

Where else “nirgan” appears
are like delicious morselsמִתְלַהֲמִיםmitlahamim

swallow greedily; delicacy

To swallow greedily; "delicious morsels", what is gulped down eagerly.

Where else “mitlahamim” appears
go downיָרְדוּyardu

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

Where else “yardu” appears
into the inner roomsחַדְרֵיchadre

inner room

Inner room, private chamber.

Where else “chadre” appears
of the bellyבָטֶןvaten

belly

The belly; also one's innermost part.

Where else “vaten” appears

The context

21Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a man of quarrels for kindling strife.

22 · This verse (above)

23Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware, are burning lips and an evil heart.

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