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Proverbs 16:24 — King James Version← Study notes

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.


Proverbs 16:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 16:248 words
HebrewMeaning
צוּףṣwp
are a honeycomb ofnounH6688
דְּ֭בַשׁdəbaš
honeynounH1706
אִמְרֵיʾimərēy
words ofnounH561
appointed unto him · saying · speech · word
נֹ֑עַםnōʿam
kindnessnounH5278
pleasant
מָת֥וֹקmātwōq
a sweet thingadjH4966
-ness)
לַ֝/נֶּפֶשׁlanepeš
to the soulpronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וּ/מַרְפֵּ֥אwmarəpēʾ
and healingconjH4832
healing · remedy · sound · wholesome ···
לָ/עָֽצֶםlāʿāṣem
to the bonespronH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
Words 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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