Proverbs 17:22
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Berean Study Bible
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Young's Literal Translation
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

King James Bible
A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Hebrew
A joyful
שָׂ֭מֵחַ (mê·aḥ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8056: Glad, joyful, merry

heart
לֵ֣ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

is good
יֵיטִ֣ב (yê·ṭiḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

medicine,
גֵּהָ֑ה (gê·hāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1456: A healing, cure

but a broken
נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה (nə·ḵê·’āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5218: Smitten, afflicted

spirit
וְר֥וּחַ (wə·rū·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

dries up
תְּיַבֶּשׁ־ (tə·yab·beš-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

the bones.
גָּֽרֶם׃ (gā·rem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1634: A bone, self, very

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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