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# A cheerful heart is good medicine

This speaks of a cheerful heart as being good medicine because it makes you feel better. AT: "A cheerful heart is like medicine that makes you feel better" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# A cheerful heart

The "heart" represents a person's feelings, attitudes and motivations. AT: "Being cheerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# a broken spirit

Here the "spirit" represents a person's feelings and emotional state. A broken spirit refers to a poor emotional state. AT: "depression" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# dries up the bones

A person's bones represent their physical health and strength. If a person's bones dry up it means that they are very sick and unhealthy. AT: "makes a person unhealthy and weak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rejoice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/spirit]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A cheerful heart is good medicine`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This speaks of a cheerful heart as being good medicine because it makes you feel better. AT: "A cheerful heart is like medicine that makes you feel better" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A cheerful heart`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The "heart" represents a person's feelings, attitudes and motivations. AT: "Being cheerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# a broken spirit`

			`Here the "spirit" represents a person's feelings and emotional state. A broken spirit refers to a poor emotional state. AT: "depression" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# dries up the bones`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`A person's bones represent their physical health and strength. If a person's bones dry up it means that they are very sick and unhealthy. AT: "makes a person unhealthy and weak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rejoice]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/spirit]]`