Proverbs

Proverbs 24:13–14

¹³Eat honey, my son, for it is good,

and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

¹⁴Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul.

If you find it, there is a future for you,

and your hope will never be cut off.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Eat	אֱכָל־	’ĕ·ḵāl-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H398 eat
honey	דְבַ֣שׁ	ḏə·ḇaš	Noun - masculine singular	H1706 honey
my son	בְּנִ֣י	bə·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it is good	ט֑וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and the honeycomb	וְנֹ֥פֶת	wə·nō·p̄eṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5317 flowing honey, honey from the comb
is sweet	מָ֝ת֗וֹק	mā·ṯō·wq	Adjective - masculine singular	H4966 sweet
to your	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
taste	חִכֶּֽךָ׃	ḥik·ke·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2441 palate, roof of mouth, gums

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Know	דְּעֶ֥ה	də·‘eh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3045 know
therefore	כֵּ֤ן׀	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
that wisdom	חָכְמָ֗ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
to your soul	לְנַ֫פְשֶׁ֥ךָ	lə·nap̄·še·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you find it	מָ֭צָאתָ	mā·ṣā·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
there is	וְיֵ֣שׁ	wə·yêš	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
a future	אַחֲרִ֑ית	’a·ḥă·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H319 after-part, end
and your hope	וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗	wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8615 cord
will never	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be cut off	תִכָּרֵֽת׃פ	ṯik·kā·rêṯ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 24:13 Isaiah 7:15 · Song of Solomon 5:1 · Proverbs 25:16

Proverbs 24:14 Proverbs 2:10 · James 1:25 · Jeremiah 15:16 · Psalm 119:103 · Proverbs 23:18 · Proverbs 3:13–18 · Proverbs 2:1–5 · Proverbs 22:18 · Psalm 119:111 · Psalm 19:10–11 · Matthew 19:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.