Proverbs 25:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A word fitly spoken Is [like] apples of gold in network of silver.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֣וֹת כָּ֑סֶף דָּ֝בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

tappûḥê zāhāb in-maśkiyyôt kāsep dābār dābur upon-ʾopnāyw

Grammar Details

• *tappûḥê*: noun, masculine plural construct - apples of
• *zāhāb*: noun, masculine singular - gold
• *bĕ*: preposition - in
• *maśkiyyôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - carvings/images of
• *kāsep*: noun, masculine singular - silver
• *dābār*: noun, masculine singular - word
• *dābur*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - spoken
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/according to
• *ʾopnāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its wheels/its circumstances

Word Meanings

• *tappûḥê*: apples of/fruit of
• *maśkiyyôt*: carvings/images/settings/designs
• *dābār*: word/speech/statement
• *dābur*: spoken/uttered
• *ʾopnāyw*: its wheels/its circumstances/its proper times/its settings/its manner

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:23 : 23 A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!
• Prov 24:26 : 26 He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.
• Eccl 12:10 : 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth.
• Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.