“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 17:228 words
HebrewMeaning
לֵ֣בlēb
a heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
שָׂ֭מֵחַśāmēḥa
joyfuladjH8056
joyful · merry · -ily) · rejoice
יֵיטִ֣בyēyṭib
it makes goodverbH3190
amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···
גֵּהָ֑הgēhāh
healingnounH1456
וְ/ר֥וּחַwərwḥa
and a spiritconjH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
נְ֝כֵאָ֗הnəkēʾāh
strickenadjH5218
stricken · wounded
תְּיַבֶּשׁtəyabeš
it dries upverbH3001
clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···
גָּֽרֶםgārem
bonesnounH1634
strong · top
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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