Proverbs 15:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”

Proverbs 15:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 15:138 words

HebrewMeaning

לֵ֣בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

שָׂ֭מֵחַśāmēḥa

gladadjH8056

joyful · merry · -ily) · rejoice

יֵיטִ֣בyēyṭib

be acceptedverbH3190

amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···

פָּנִ֑יםpāniym

a- forenounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

וּ/בְ/עַצְּבַתwbəʿaṣəbat

sorrowconjH6094

wound

לֵ֝בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

ר֣וּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

נְכֵאָֽהnəkēʾāh

brokenadjH5218

stricken · wounded

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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