Proverbs 25:16:1Prov.25.16.W1TAB
דְּבַ֣שׁ
devash
“honey”
- Transliteration
- de-VASH
- Extended
- deh-VAHSH
- IPA
- /dəˈvaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- honey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- clause
de-VASH ma-TSA-ta e-KHOL DAI-ye-kha
- sentence
de-VASH ma-TSA-ta e-KHOL DAI-ye-kha pen-ti-se-BA-e-nu va-ha-ke-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with de-vash {דְּבַשׁ | də-vaš} ‘honey’ as the object of matzata {מָצָאתָ | mā-ṣā-ṯā} ‘you have found’, forming a conditional protasis.
Root and etymology
d-v-shdalet–bet–shin
“honey, sweetness”
In context — Proverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you become glutted and vomit it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 25:16, 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 Prov.25.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.16.W1.S1) and character.