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Proverbs 15:4

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַרְפֵּאmarpêʼ · mar-pay'
H4832 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
Derivation: from H7495 (רָפָא);
KJV renderings: (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
Grammar: מַרְפֵּ֣א — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Chronicles 21:18 2 Chronicles 36:16 Proverbs 4:22 Proverbs 6:15 Proverbs 12:18

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַרְפֵּא here.

Verse 3 Verse 5

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.