Proverbs 18:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים דִּבְרֵ֣י פִי־אִ֑ישׁ נַ֥חַל נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ מְק֣וֹר חָכְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

mayim ʿămuqqîm diḇrê pî-ʾîš naḥal nōḇēaʿ məqôr ḥāḵmāh

Grammar Details

*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*ʿămuqqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - deep
*diḇrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - words of
*pî*: noun, masculine singular construct - mouth of
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/person
*naḥal*: noun, masculine singular - stream/river/wadi
*nōḇēaʿ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - flowing/bubbling up
*məqôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - source/spring/fountain
*ḥāḵmāh*: noun, feminine singular - wisdom

Word Meanings

*mayim*: waters/liquid
*ʿămuqqîm*: deep/profound
*naḥal*: stream/river/wadi/torrent
*nōḇēaʿ*: flowing/bubbling up/gushing
*məqôr*: source/spring/fountain/wellspring
*ḥāḵmāh*: wisdom/skill/insight

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:5 : 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open{H8799)} my mouth in a parable: I will utter{H8686)} dark sayings of old:
Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 7:38-39 : 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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