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Proverbs 15:4 Interlinear

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit”

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Proverbs 15 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מַרְפֵּ֣א	H4832	A wholesome	properly, curative, i.e., literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
2	לָ֭שׁוֹן	H3956	tongue	the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
3	עֵ֣ץ	H6086	is a tree	a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
4	חַיִּ֑ים	H2416	of life	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
5	וְסֶ֥לֶף	H5558	but perverseness	distortion, i.e., (figuratively) viciousness
6	בָּ֝֗הּ	H0
7	שֶׁ֣בֶר	H7667	therein is a breach	a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
8	בְּרֽוּחַ׃	H7307	in the spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

Proverbs 15:4 (current)A wholesome tongue is a tree of life but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit