The Meaning of Proverbs 16:24 Explained

Proverbs 16:24

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

YLT: Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Darby: Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

ASV: Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 16:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:24 mean?

Honeycomb a honeycomb words [are like] Pleasant Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones
צוּף־ דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־ נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם

צוּף־  Honeycomb 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צוּף  
Sense: honeycomb.
דְּ֭בַשׁ  a  honeycomb 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דְּבַשׁ  
Sense: honey.
אִמְרֵי־  words  [are  like] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
נֹ֑עַם  Pleasant 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄעַם  
Sense: kindness, pleasantness, delightfulness, beauty, favour.
מָת֥וֹק  Sweetness 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: מָתֹוק  
Sense: sweet.
לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ  to  the  soul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וּמַרְפֵּ֥א  and  health 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַרְפֵּא 
Sense: health, healing, cure.
לָעָֽצֶם  to  the  bones 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֶצֶם 
Sense: bone, essence, substance.