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Eatאֱכָלhoney,דְבַשׁmy son,בְּנִיforכִּיit is good,טוֹבandוְhoneycombנֹפֶתis sweetמָתוֹקtoעַלyour palate;חִכֶּךָ
Proverbs 24:13
Study it in the app“Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your palate;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:13, word by word
- Eatאֱכָלechal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echal” appears- honeyדְבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- it is goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- honeycombנֹפֶתnofet
dripping honey
Honey that drips, the purest, as it comes from the comb.
Where else “nofet” appears- is sweetמָתוֹקmatok
sweet
Sweet; what is sweet.
Where else “matok” appears- your palateחִכֶּchike
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chike” appears
The context
12If you say, “Look, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs hearts understand it? And he who keeps your soul, he will know it, and he will repay a man according to his work.
13 · This verse (above)
14so know wisdom to be for your soul; if you find it, then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.