מַרְפֵּא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4832

healing — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

healing tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַרְפֵּא²: n.m. healing, cure, health tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ec 10, 4 healing, cure, health (usually fig.);—abs. מַרְפֵּא Je 14:19 +, מַרְפֵּה 8:15; cstr. מַרְפֵּא Pr 15:4;— healing, cure, of national woes, Je 8:15; 14:19b (‖ שָׁלוֹם), 33:6 (+ אֲרֻכָה); especially אֵין לָנוּ מ׳ Je 14:19a there is no cure for us, עַד לְאֵין מ׳ 2 Ch 36:16. fig. of pers., health, profit, Pr 4:22 (‖ חַיִּים), 12:18; 13:17; 16:24; with spiritual implic. Mal 3:20; אֵין מ׳ Pr 6:15 = 29:1; לֵב מ׳ 14:30 a mind of health (healthy, composed, mind), cf. מ׳ alone = composure Ec 10:4; מ׳ לְשׁוֹן Pr 15:4 healing of the tongue, = a soothing tongue (Toy). lit., of disease, לְאֵין מ׳ 2 Ch 21:18.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: healing (9); [is] healing (2); of healing (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 12:18 · tree →

יֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶהכְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב וּלְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

Word for word: there.[is] [one.who].speaks.rashly like thrusts of.a.sword and.[the] tongue of.wise.[people] [is].healing

JPS 1917: There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 13:17 · tree →

מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

Word for word: a.messenger wicked he.falls in trouble and an.envoy of.faithfulness(es) [is].healing

JPS 1917: A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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