Proverbs 25:16:4Prov.25.16.W4TAB

דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ

daiyekha

your enough

Transliteration
DAI-ye-kha
Extended
DAI-yeh-khaa
IPA
/ˈdaj.jɛk.kaː/

Meaning by language

English
your enough

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דַּ + יֶּ֑ + ךָּ
dai + ye + kha
daiyekha

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    DAI-ye-kha

  2. clause

    de-VASH ma-TSA-ta e-KHOL DAI-ye-kha

  3. sentence

    de-VASH ma-TSA-ta e-KHOL DAI-ye-kha pen-ti-se-BA-e-nu va-ha-ke-TO

Exegesis

The imperative ekhol {אֱכֹל | ʾe-kōl} ‘eat’ is regulated by daiyekha {דַּיֶּךָ | day-ye-ḵā} ‘your sufficiency’.

Root and etymology

d-ydalet–yod

sufficiency, enough

In contextProverbs 25:16

If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you become glutted and vomit it.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 25:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 25:16, so the Hebrew word דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ (daiyekha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.16.W4.S1) and character.