Proverbs 25:27
{ "verseID": "Proverbs.25.27", "source": "אָ֘כֹ֤ל דְּבַ֣שׁ הַרְבּ֣וֹת לֹּא־ט֑וֹב וְחֵ֖קֶר כְּבֹדָ֣ם כָּבֽוֹד׃", "text": "*ʾākōl* *dĕbaš* *harbôt* *lōʾ*-*ṭôb* and-*ḥēqer* *kĕbōdām* *kābôd*", "grammar": { "*ʾākōl*": "qal infinitive absolute - eating", "*dĕbaš*": "noun, masculine singular - honey", "*harbôt*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to multiply/make much", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*wĕ*": "conjunction - and", "*ḥēqer*": "noun, masculine singular construct - searching out of", "*kĕbōdām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their glory", "*kābôd*": "noun, masculine singular - glory/honor" }, "variants": { "*ʾākōl*": "eating/consuming", "*dĕbaš*": "honey/sweet substance", "*harbôt*": "to multiply/make much/increase", "*ṭôb*": "good/beneficial/appropriate", "*ḥēqer*": "searching out/investigation/inquiry", "*kĕbōdām*": "their glory/their honor/their own glory", "*kābôd*": "glory/honor/heaviness" } }