Proverbs 27:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

Young's Literal Translation
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.

King James Bible
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Hebrew
The soul
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

that is full
שְׂ֭בֵעָה (ḇê·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7649: Sated, satisfied, surfeited

loathes
תָּב֣וּס (tā·ḇūs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 947: To tread down, trample

honey,
נֹ֑פֶת (nō·p̄eṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5317: Flowing honey, honey from the comb

but to a hungry
רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה (rə·‘ê·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7457: Hungry

soul,
וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (wə·ne·p̄eš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

bitter thing
מַ֥ר (mar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

is sweet.
מָתֽוֹק׃ (mā·ṯō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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