KJV: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
YLT: The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.
Darby: The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
ASV: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | The words |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing. |
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| נִ֭רְגָּן | of a talebearer |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רָגַן Sense: to murmur, whisper. |
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| כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים | [are] like tasty trifles |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine plural Root: לָהַם Sense: to gulp, swallow greedily. |
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| וְ֝הֵ֗ם | and they |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who. |
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| יָרְד֥וּ | go down |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down. |
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| חַדְרֵי־ | into the inmost |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: חֶדֶר Sense: chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within. |
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| בָֽטֶן | body |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: בֶּטֶן Sense: belly, womb, body. |
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