A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.Proverbs 15:4
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Hebrew)
מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּרֽוּחַ׃
- מַרְפֵּ֣אmar.Pe'“healing of”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from מַרְפֵּא · “healing” · Strong's H4832
- לָ֭שׁוֹןLa.shon“tongue”Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from לָשׁוֹן · “tongue” · Strong's H3956G
- עֵ֣ץ'etz“[is] a tree of”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from עֵץ · “tree” · Strong's H6086H
- חַיִּ֑יםchai.Yim“life”Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from חַיִּים · “life” · Strong's H2416E
- וְסֶ֥לֶףve.Se.lef“and perverseness”Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from סֶ֫לֶף · “crookedness” · Strong's H5558
- בָּ֝֗הּBah“with it”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from Os3f · “her” · Strong's H9034
- שֶׁ֣בֶרShe.ver“[is] brokenness”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from שֶׁ֫בֶר · “breaking” · Strong's H7667
- בְּרֽוּחַ׃be.Ru.ach“in spirit”Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from רוּחַ · “spirit” · Strong's H7307G
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)