Proverbs 14:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃

Transliteration

ḥayyê bəśārîm lēb marpēʾ and rəqab ʿăṣāmôt qinʾâ

Grammar Details

*ḥayyê*: masculine plural construct - life of
*bəśārîm*: masculine plural noun - flesh
*lēb*: masculine singular noun - heart
*marpēʾ*: masculine singular noun - health
*rəqab*: masculine singular construct - rottenness of
*ʿăṣāmôt*: feminine plural noun - bones
*qinʾâ*: feminine singular noun - jealousy

Word Meanings

*ḥayyê*: life of/life to/livelihood of
*bəśārîm*: flesh/body/physical being
*lēb*: heart/mind/inner person
*marpēʾ*: health/healing/calmness
*rəqab*: rottenness/decay/festering
*ʿăṣāmôt*: bones/substance/strength
*qinʾâ*: jealousy/envy/zeal

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Rom 1:29 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Prov 3:8 : 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Jas 4:5 : 5 {G2228} Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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