Proverbs 25:16 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Proverbs 25:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 25:167 words

HebrewMeaning

דְּבַ֣שׁdəbaš

honeynounH1706

מָ֭צָאתָmāṣāʾtā

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

אֱכֹ֣לʾĕkōl

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

דַּיֶּ֑/ךָּdayekā

ablenounH1767

according to · after · among · as ···

פֶּןpen

(lest) (peradventure)conjH6435

that...not

תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗/נּוּtiśəbāʿenw

have enoughverbH7646

fill (full · self · with) · be full ···

וַ/הֲקֵֽאתֽ/וֹwahăqēʾtwō

spueconjH6958

vomit (out · up · up again)

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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