Proverbs 15:13 Go deeper

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. (KJV)

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לֵ֣בleva heart

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 1

שָׂ֭מֵחַSa.me.achjoyful

Lemma: שָׂמֵחַ (sa.me.ach) · Strong's: H8056

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: glad

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 16:15, 1 Kings 1:40, 1 Kings 1:45, 1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 8:66, 2 Kings 11:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8056; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 2

יֵיטִ֣בyei.Tivit makes good

Lemma: יָטַב (ya.tav) · Strong's: H3190

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)

Meaning: be good

Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 34:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3190; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 3

פָּנִ֑יםpa.Nima face

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 4

וּבְעַצְּבַת\־u.ve.'a.tze.vat-and by sorrow of

Lemma: עַצֶּ֫בֶת (ats.tse.vet) · Strong's: H6094

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: injury

Used 5 times. Also: Job 9:28, Psalms 16:4, Psalms 147:3, Proverbs 10:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6094; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 5

לֵ֝בlevheart

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 6

ר֣וּחַRu.acha spirit

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: spirit

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 45:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307G; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 7

נְכֵאָֽה\׃ne.khe.'Ah[is] stricken

Lemma: נָכֵא (na.khe) · Strong's: H5218B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: stricken

Used 3 times. Also: Proverbs 17:22, Proverbs 18:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5218B; TAHOT Proverbs 15:13 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A joyful	→	שָׂמֵחַ H8056 glad
heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
makes a cheerful	→	יָטַב H3190 be good
countenance	→	פָּנֶה H6440H face
but sorrow	→	עַצֶּ֫בֶת H6094 injury
of the heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
crushes	→	נָכֵא H5218B stricken
the spirit	→	רוּחַ H7307G spirit

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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