דֶּלֶף
delef · dripping
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1812 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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delef (דֶּלֶף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dripping”.
A dripping, the constant drip of a leaking roof.
How to say it
de·lef
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Water falling without stop from the roof.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 19:13
Calamities to his father is a senseless son, and a continual dripping are the quarrels of a wife.
- Proverbs 27:15
A continual dripping on a day of downpour and a woman of quarrels are alike;