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Proverbs 16:23 Interlinear

“The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth to his lips and addeth learning”

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Proverbs 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לֵ֣ב	H3820	The heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
2	חָ֭כָם	H2450	of the wise	wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
3	יַשְׂכִּ֣יל	H7919	teacheth	to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
4	פִּ֑יהוּ	H6310	his mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
5	וְעַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6	שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו	H8193	to his lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
7	יֹסִ֥יף	H3254	and addeth	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 16:23 (current)The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth to his lips and addeth learning