Proverbs 16:24:6Prov.16.24.W6TAB
לָעָֽצֶם׃
laatsem
“to the bone or body”
- Transliteration
- la-A-tsem
- Extended
- laa-AH-tsehmm
- IPA
- /laːˈʕɛtsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the bone or body
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-A-tsem
- 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 16:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 16:24, so the Hebrew word לָעָֽצֶם׃ (laatsem) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.24.W6.S1) and character.