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Proverbs 16:24

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

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צוּףtsufhoneycombצוּףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “honeycomb”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6688comb of honey (from dripping)honeycomb.דְּ֭בַשׁdevashhoneyדְּבַשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “honey”, the ordinary formH1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syruphoney(-comb).אִמְרֵיimreanswerאֵמֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “answer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH561something saidanswer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.נֹ֑עַםnoambeautyנֹעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “beauty”, the ordinary formH5278agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or gracebeauty, pleasant(-ness).מָת֥וֹקmatoqsweetמָתוֹקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “sweet”, the ordinary formH4966sweetsweet(-er, -ness).לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁlanefeshto creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וּמַרְפֵּ֥אumarpeand cureמַרְפֵּאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and cure”, the ordinary formH4832properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity(in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.לָעָֽצֶםlaatsemto bodyעֶצֶםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to body”, the ordinary formH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

Douay-Rheims

Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί, γλύκασμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἴασις ψυχῆς.