me.teq denotes a pleasing quality associated with speech and with a friend's counsel.

The two attestations associate the term with a pleasing quality: in Proverbs 16:21 it qualifies lips in a saying about increasing teaching, and in Proverbs 27:9 it is linked with a friend's sincere counsel.

1. Pleasing quality in speech and counsel · dominant

   In Proverbs 16:21, the construct-form noun occurs in the phrase concerning lips; the APB renders the clause “sweetness of lips increases teaching.” In Proverbs 27:9, the same construct form is associated with a friend and counsel; the APB renders “the pleasantness of a friend springs from his sincere counsel.”

   Proverbs 16:21Proverbs 27:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clauses with “sweetness of lips” in Proverbs 16:21 and “the pleasantness of a friend” in Proverbs 27:9. These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a precise token-by-token equivalence.