Proverbs 16:24:5Prov.16.24.W5TAB
וּמַרְפֵּ֥א
umarpe
“and healing”
- Transliteration
- u-mar-PE
- Extended
- oo-mahr-PEE
- IPA
- /uːmarˈpeː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- and healing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mar-PE
- phraseyour reading level
u-mar-PE la-A-tsem
- clause
ma-TOK la-NE-fesh u-mar-PE la-A-tsem
- sentence
TSUF-de-VASH im-REI-NO-am ma-TOK la-NE-fesh u-mar-PE la-A-tsem
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction u-marpe {וּמַרְפֵּא | û-mar-pêʾ} ‘and healing’ introduces a parallel benefit, directed by la-atzem {לָעָצֶם | la-ʿaṣêm} ‘to the bone’. This chiastic parallelism reinforces the dual inward and outward impact of pleasant speech, rendered in English as a balanced simile.
In context — Proverbs 16:24
Words of pleasantness are like a honeycomb—sweet to the soul and healing to the bones .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 16:24, so the Hebrew word וּמַרְפֵּ֥א (umarpe) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.16.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.24.W5.S1) and character.