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Proverbs 17:22 Interlinear

“heart A merry doeth good like a medicine spirit but a broken drieth the bones”

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Proverbs 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לֵ֣ב	H3820	heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
2	שָׂ֭מֵחַ	H8056	A merry	blithe or gleeful
3	יֵיטִ֣יב	H3190	doeth good	to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
4	גֵּהָ֑ה	H1456	like a medicine	a cure
5	וְר֥וּחַ	H7307	spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
6	נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה	H5218	but a broken	smitten, i.e., (figuratively) afflicted
7	תְּיַבֶּשׁ	H3001	drieth	to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
8	גָּֽרֶם׃	H1634	the bones	a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e., (figuratively) very

Proverbs 17:22 (current)heart A merry doeth good like a medicine spirit but a broken drieth the bones