Proverbs 16:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃

Transliteration

ṣûp-dᵉḇaš ʾimrê-nōʿam mātôq to-neppeš and-marpēʾ to-ʿāṣem

Grammar Details

• *ṣûp*: noun, masculine, singular construct - honeycomb of
• *dᵉḇaš*: noun, masculine, singular - honey
• *ʾimrê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - words of
• *nōʿam*: noun, masculine, singular - pleasantness/sweetness
• *mātôq*: adjective, masculine, singular - sweet
• *lᵉ*: preposition - to
• *neppeš*: noun, feminine, singular - soul
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *marpēʾ*: noun, masculine, singular - healing/health
• *ʿāṣem*: noun, feminine, singular - bone

Word Meanings

• *ṣûp-dᵉḇaš*: honeycomb of honey/dripping honey
• *ʾimrê-nōʿam*: words of pleasantness/sweet words/pleasant speech
• *marpēʾ*: healing/health/medicine

Referenced Verses

• Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
• Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
• Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
• Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
• Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Prov 3:8 : 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
• Prov 15:23 : 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
• Prov 15:26 : 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
• Prov 23:16 : 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
• Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
• Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• John 20:19-21 : 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: