Proverbs
Proverbs 25:16
16If you find honey, eat just what you need,
lest you have too much and vomit it up.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If you find | מָ֭צָאתָ | mā·ṣā·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| honey | דְּבַ֣שׁ | də·ḇaš | Noun - masculine singular | H1706 honey |
| eat | אֱכֹ֣ל | ’ĕ·ḵōl | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H398 eat |
| just what you need | דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ | day·ye·kā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1767 sufficiency, enough |
| lest | פֶּן־ | pen- | Conjunction | H6435 lest |
| you have too much | תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ | tiś·bā·‘en·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| and vomit it up | וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃ | wa·hă·qê·ṯōw | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H6958 vomit up, spue out, disgorge |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 25:27 · Ephesians 5:18 · Proverbs 24:13–14 · Isaiah 7:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.