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