Proverbs 25:16 Go deeper

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. (KJV)

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דְּבַ֣שׁde.Vashhoney

Lemma: דְּבַשׁ (de.vash) · Strong's: H1706

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: honey

Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 43:11, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 13:5, Exodus 16:31, Exodus 33:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1706; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 1

מָ֭צָאתָMa.tza.tayou have found

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 2

אֱכֹ֣ל'e.Kholeat

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 3

דַּיֶּ֑ךָּdai.Ye.kasufficiency your

Lemma: דַּי (day) · Strong's: H1767

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: sufficiency

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:7, Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1767; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 4

פֶּן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 5

תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּtis.ba.'E.nuyou should be surfeited with it

Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) · Strong's: H7646

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to satisfy

Used 97 times. Also: Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:10, Deuteronomy 8:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7646; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 6

וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ\׃va.ha.Ke.Toand you will vomit up it

Lemma: קִיא (qo) · Strong's: H6958

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhq2ms)

Meaning: to vomit

Used 8 times. Also: Leviticus 18:25, Leviticus 18:28, Leviticus 20:22, Job 20:15, Proverbs 23:8, Jonah 2:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6958; TAHOT Proverbs 25:16 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

If you find	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
honey	→	דְּבַשׁ H1706 honey
eat	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
just what you need	→	דַּי H1767 sufficiency
lest	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
you have too much	→	שָׂבֵעַ H7646 to satisfy
and vomit it up	→	קִיא H6958 to vomit

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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