Proverbs 17:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב גֵּהָה וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּרֶם

Transliteration

lēb śāmēach yêṭib gēhāh wə-rûach nəkē'āh təyabbeš-gārem

Grammar Details

*lēb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*śāmēach*: adjective, masculine singular - joyful/glad
*yêṭib*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - makes good
*gēhāh*: noun, feminine singular - healing/medicine
*wə-rûach*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and spirit
*nəkē'āh*: adjective, feminine singular - stricken/broken
*təyabbeš*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - dries up
*gārem*: noun, masculine singular - bone

Word Meanings

*lēb śāmēach*: joyful heart/cheerful mind
*yêṭib*: does good/improves/makes better
*gēhāh*: healing/medicine/health
*rûach nəkē'āh*: broken spirit/crushed spirit
*təyabbeš*: dries up/withers
*gārem*: bone/strength

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 15:13 : 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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.
Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Rom 5:2-5 : 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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.
Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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