Proverbs 24:13:1Prov.24.13.W1TAB
אֱכָל־בְּנִ֣י
ekholbeni
“eat, my son”
- Transliteration
- e-KHOL-be-NI
- Extended
- eh-KHOHL-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈχɔːl.bəˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- eat, my son
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-KHOL-be-NI
- clause
e-KHOL-be-NI de-VASH KI-TOV
- sentence
e-KHOL-be-NI de-VASH KI-TOV ve-NO-fet ma-TOK al-KHI-ke-kha
Exegesis
The proverb opens with ekhal {אֱכָל | ʾĕ-kā-l} ‘eat’, an imperative addressing b’ni {בְּנִי | bə-nî} ‘my son’, establishing direct fatherly exhortation.
Root and etymology
ל־ב
“heart, inner man”
In context — Proverbs 24:13
Eat, my son, honey , for it is good, and honeycomb, which is sweet upon your palate .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 24:13, so the Hebrew word אֱכָל־בְּנִ֣י (ekholbeni) 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 Prov.24.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.13.W1.S1) and character.