Job 20:17:5Job.20.17.W5TAB
דְּבַ֣שׁ
devash
“honey”
- Transliteration
- de-VASH
- Extended
- deh-VAHSH
- IPA
- /dəˈvaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- honey
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
de-VASH
- phraseyour reading level
de-VASH ve-khem-A
- clause
na-ha-RE na-kha-LE de-VASH ve-khem-A
- sentence
al-ye-RE vif-lag-GOT na-ha-RE na-kha-LE de-VASH ve-khem-A
Exegesis
The final pair dvash {דְּבַשׁ | dəḇaš} ‘honey’ and khem’ah {חֶמְאָה | ḥemʾāh} ‘curds’ functions as the climactic object of the construct chain: not merely watercourses, but watercourses imagined as flowing with delicacies. In English, the formal rendering keeps the asyndetic accumulation (“streams, rivers, wadis”) to reflect the Hebrew crescendo, while the dynamic rendering reshapes the construct stacking into natural parallel phrases without introducing a new action beyond “see,” preserving the verse’s point: complete deprivation of the very symbols of prosperity.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–bet–shin
“honey, sweetness”
In context — Job 20:17
He will not see the streams, the rivers, the wadis of honey and curds .
About this coordinate
Job 20:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 20:17, so the Hebrew word דְּבַ֣שׁ (devash) 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 Job.20.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.17.W5.S1) and character.