The Meaning of Proverbs 18:14 Explained

Proverbs 18:14

KJV: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

YLT: The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?

Darby: The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

ASV: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The spirit  of a man  will sustain  his infirmity;  but a wounded  spirit  who can bear? 

What does Proverbs 18:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 18

1  A fool delights not in understanding

What do the individual words in Proverbs 18:14 mean?

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness but a spirit broken who can bear
רֽוּחַ־ אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י ؟ יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה

רֽוּחַ־  The  spirit 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
אִ֭ישׁ  of  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל  will  sustain 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּל  
Sense: to seize, contain, measure.
מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ  him  in  sickness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַחֲלֶה 
Sense: disease, sickness.
וְר֥וּחַ  but  a  spirit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה  broken 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: נָכָא 
Sense: stricken.
؟ יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה  can  bear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.