Proverbs 13:12
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
אָחַר
ʼâchar
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
חָלָה
châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering...
תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלָה châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Study H2470 →תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Study H8378 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were fo...
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