Proverbs
Chapter 25
Verse 16
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Proverbs 25

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16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 25:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 43
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן־תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃

7 word entries
דְּבַ֣שׁ
Lemma
1706
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1706
Occurrences
16
מָ֭צָאתָ
Lemma
4672
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4672
Occurrences
305
אֱכֹ֣ל
Lemma
398
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H398
Occurrences
481
דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ
Lemma
1767
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1767
Occurrences
12
פֶּן
Lemma
6435
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6435
Occurrences
128
תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ
Lemma
7646
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 2rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7646
Occurrences
66
וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ
Lemma
c/6958
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil perfect 2rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6958
Occurrences
4
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Μέλι εὑρὼν φάγε τὸ ἱκανὸν, μή ποτε πλησθεὶς ἐξεμέσῃς.

9 word entries
Μέλι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
meli
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
honey
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Honey.
Occurrences
48
εὑρὼν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
eyron
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
7
φάγε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
phage
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
τὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἱκανὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
ikanon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
13
μή
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
ποτε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
pote
Morphology
enclitic temporal particle/adverb
Gloss
once, ever, at some time
Part of Speech
particle/adverb
Definition
Indefinite temporal particle meaning once, ever, or at some time.
Occurrences
64
πλησθεὶς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
plestheis
Morphology
Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ἐξεμέσῃς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
exemeses
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܡܐ ܕܐܫܟܚܬ ܕܒܫܐ ܡܣܬܟ ܐܟܘܠ ܕܠܐ ܟܕ ܬܣܒܥ ܬܬܝܒܝܘܗܝ

9 word entries
ܡܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܐ
Transliteration
m'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
214
ܕܐܫܟܚܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'shkht
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
10
ܕܒܫܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dbsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
ܡܣܬܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mstk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܐܟܘܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'kwl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
11
ܕܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1157
ܟܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܟܕ
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
881
ܬܣܒܥ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
tsb'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܬܬܝܒܝܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
ttybywhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

דִבְשָׁא מַשְׁכַּחְתְּ אֱכוֹל סוּפְקָנָךְ דְלָא תִשְׂבַּע וּתְתִיבִינֵיהּ׃

7 word entries
דִבְשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בשא
Transliteration
dbsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
מַשְׁכַּחְתְּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshkcht
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
אֱכוֹל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'kwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
סוּפְקָנָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
swpqnk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
דְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דלא
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
607
תִשְׂבַּע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tshb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
וּתְתִיבִינֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wttybynyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

[Mel invenisti: comede quod sufficit tibi, ne forte satiatus evomas illud.

11 word entries
mel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mel
Transliteration
mel
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
73
invenisti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuenio
Transliteration
invenisti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
682
comede
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
comedo
Transliteration
comede
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
528
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
15011
sufficit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sufficit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
57
tibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
forte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
forte
Transliteration
forte
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
200
saturatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
saturo
Transliteration
saturatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
71
evomas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
euomo
Transliteration
evomas
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
9
illud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illud
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

8 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:18

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 7:15

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

2 relevance votes

Luke 21:34

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

1 relevance votes

Proverbs 23:8

You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

0 relevance votes

Isaiah 7:22

It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.

0 relevance votes
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