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Proverbs 16:21 Interlinear

“The wise in heart shall be called prudent and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning”

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Proverbs 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לַחֲכַם	H2450	The wise	wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
2	לֵ֭ב	H3820	in heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
3	יִקָּרֵ֣א	H7121	shall be called	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
4	נָב֑וֹן	H995	prudent	to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand
5	וּמֶ֥תֶק	H4986	and the sweetness	figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse)
6	שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם	H8193	of the lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
7	יֹסִ֥יף	H3254	increaseth	to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
8	לֶֽקַח׃	H3948	learning	properly, something received, i.e., (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inve

Proverbs 16:21 (current)The wise in heart shall be called prudent and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning