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Harvesting the Mouth: Parallelism and Metaphor in Proverbs 18:20
מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־֭אִישׁ תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע בִּטְנֹ֑ו תְּבוּאַ֖ת שְׂפָתָ֣יו יִשְׂבָּֽע׃
(Proverbs 18:20)
From the fruit of a man’s mouth his belly will be satisfied. The yield of his lips he will be satisfied with.
Metaphor in Motion: פִּי־אִישׁ and תְּבוּאַת שְׂפָתָיו
This proverb is built on a beautifully balanced metaphor: a man’s words are compared to fruit (פְּרִי) and harvest (תְּבוּאָה). The noun פִּי־אִישׁ (“the mouth of a man”) is in construct form with פִּי (“mouth”) linking directly to אִישׁ (“man”) — meaning “the fruit of a man’s mouth.”… Learn Hebrew
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