Proverbs 15:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים וּבְעַצְּבַת־לֵ֝ב ר֣וּחַ נְכֵאָֽה׃

Transliteration

Lēḇ śāmēaḥ yêṭîḇ pānîm ûḇəʿaṣṣəḇat-lēḇ rûaḥ nəḵēʾāh

Grammar Details

*Lēḇ*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*śāmēaḥ*: adjective, masculine singular - joyful/glad
*yêṭîḇ*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - makes good/gladdens
*pānîm*: noun, masculine plural - face/countenance
*ûḇəʿaṣṣəḇat*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - but in sorrow of
*lēḇ*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular - spirit
*nəḵēʾāh*: niphal participle, feminine singular - is broken/crushed

Word Meanings

*Lēḇ śāmēaḥ*: joyful heart/glad mind
*yêṭîḇ pānîm*: makes face cheerful/brightens countenance
*ûḇəʿaṣṣəḇat-lēḇ*: but in sorrow of heart/yet in grief of mind
*rûaḥ nəḵēʾāh*: spirit is broken/crushed spirit

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Neh 2:2 : 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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