Ezekiel 20:6:14Ezek.20.6.W14TAB
וּדְבַ֔שׁ
udevash
“and honey”
- Transliteration
- u-de-VASH
- Extended
- oo-deh-VAAHSH
- IPA
- /uːdəˈvaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and honey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-de-VASH
- clause
el-E-rets a-sher-TAR-ti la-HEM za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU na-SA-ti ya-DI la-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM el-E-rets a-sher-TAR-ti la-HEM za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The participle zavat {זָבַת | zā-vaṯ} ‘flowing’ forms a construct chain with chalav udevash {חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | ḥā-lāv û-ḏə-vāš} ‘milk and honey’, an idiom of fertility and abundance.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–shin
“honey”
In context — Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I lifted My hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had sought out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all the lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 20:6, so the Hebrew word וּדְבַ֔שׁ (udevash) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.20.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.6.W14.S1) and character.