Proverbs 25:16 — Word Study
WLCדְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן־ תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃
BSAIf you findmâtsâʼ■ [discover, come upon] ◂honeydᵉbash [a sweet and valuable food] eatʼâkal [consume, devour] just what you needday [sufficiency, enough] lestpên [beware, be cautious] you have too muchsâbaʻ▸ [an excess, more than enough] and vomit it upqôwʼ■ [spue out, reject]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| דְּבַ֣שׁ | honey | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| מָ֭צָאתָ | you have found | Verb, Qal, perfect second person masculine singular |
| אֱכֹ֣ל | eat | Verb, Qal, imperative second person masculine singular |
| דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ | sufficiency your | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| פֶּן־ | lest | Particle |
| תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ | you should be surfeited with it | Verb qal imperfect second person masculine singular, suffix |
| וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃ | and you will vomit up it | Verb hiphil sequential perfect second person masculine singular, suffix |
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| BSB | If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. |
| KJV | Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. |
| ASV | Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. |
| YLT | Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it. |
| WEB | Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it. |
| BBE | If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. |
All translations agree on the essential meaning of the verse.
The sentence is structured with a conditional main clause followed by an imperative and cautionary clauses, leading to a consequence.
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Deep Study — Proverbs 25:16
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Context — Wisdom on Moderationgenerated
Proverbs 25:16 advises that when one finds honey, they should only consume what is necessary to avoid the negative consequence of excess. This teaching fits within a broader context of wisdom literature that emphasizes the importance of moderation and self-control in various aspects of life, as seen in the surrounding verses.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proverbs 24:13–14 | Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. |
| 2 | Judges 14:8–9 | When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey. |
| 3 | 1 Samuel 14:25–27 | Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. |
| 4 | Isaiah 7:15–22 | By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. |
| 5 | Proverbs 25:27 | It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — דְּבַשׁ, de.Vashgenerated
The word דְּבַשׁ (de.Vash) refers specifically to honey, a sweet and valuable food. It is derived from a root that suggests stickiness, indicating its nature as a substance that is both pleasant and rich in flavor.
In this verse, honey symbolizes the good things in life that one might encounter. The advice to eat only what is sufficient highlights the importance of moderation, suggesting that while honey is delightful, overindulgence can lead to negative outcomes.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
In the Berean Standard Bible, the verse uses honey and eat, which is consistent with the KJV and ASV.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The verse contains a main clause with a conditional structure: מָ֭צָאתָ, if you find, followed by an imperative clause אֱכֹ֣ל, eat, and a cautionary clause פֶּן־, lest.
This structure emphasizes the conditional nature of the advice, where the action of eating is directly linked to the discovery of honey, and the warning about excess follows logically.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates דְּבַשׁ as μέλι (meli), which is a direct equivalent for honey, maintaining the original meaning.
This choice reflects a consistent understanding of honey as a desirable and sweet substance, aligning with the Hebrew text's emphasis on moderation in its consumption.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Proverbs 25:16 teaches that if you find honey, you should only eat what you need. Eating too much can lead to unpleasant consequences, like vomiting. This verse emphasizes the importance of moderation in enjoying life's pleasures.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The verse warns against overindulgence, suggesting that enjoying something sweet like honey should be done in moderation to avoid negative outcomes.
Honey represents the good things in life that can be enjoyable but also potentially harmful if consumed in excess.
The principle of moderation can be applied to various aspects of life, such as food, spending, and even relationships, to maintain balance and avoid negative consequences.
It implies a cautionary approach, encouraging awareness of one's limits to prevent adverse effects from excess.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What are some areas in my life where I need to practice moderation?
- How can I identify when I am consuming too much of something good?
- What practical steps can I take to ensure I enjoy life's pleasures without overindulging?
- In what ways can I apply the wisdom of this verse to my daily choices?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Bede comments on this verse to illustrate the sweetness of heavenly understanding and the need for moderation in spiritual nourishment.
Have you found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for you, etc. You have found the sweetness of heavenly understanding, which is ministered to you by the office of spiritual fathers, as the labor of most prudent bees.Early Church Fathers on Proverbs 25 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Proverbs 25:16 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleHast thou found honey?.... Of which there was great plenty in Judea; and was to be found in fields and woods, 1 Samuel 14:25; eat so much as is sufficient for thee; to satisfy appetite, without
Read John Gill on Proverbs 25 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryHast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Read Robert Jamieson on Proverbs 25 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleHoney in those parts was oft found in woods or fields, as , &c.; . By honey he understands, not only all delicious meats, but all present and worldly delights, which we are here taught to use with moderation. Honey excessively taken disposeth a man to vomiting.
Read Matthew Poole on Proverbs 25 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsProverbs 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.Ver. 16. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient,] i.e., Be moderate in the use of all lawful comforts and contentments. Aπαντωνγαρηπλησμονη, saith the orator, for there is a satiety of all things, and by excess the sweetest comforts will be dissweetened, as Epictetus also observed. It is therefore excellent counsel that the holy apostle giveth, that "those that have wives be as if they had none," &c.; that we hang loose to all creature comforts, and be weanedly affected towards them, considering that licitis perimus omnes. We generally most of all overshoot…
Read John Trapp on Proverbs 25 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Hast thou found honey?—A common occurrence in Palestine, where swarms of wild bees abounded in the woods. (Comp. Judges 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27.) Hence came the expression of a “land flowing with (milk and) honey.”
Read Charles John Ellicott on Proverbs 25 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 16. Hast thou found honey?] Make a moderate use of all thy enjoyments. "Let thy moderation be known unto all, and appear in all things."
Read AdamClarke on Proverbs 25 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleHast thou found honey? - Compare Judges 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27. The precept extends to the pleasure of which honey is the symbol.
Read Albert Barnes on Proverbs 25 →Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible16. Hast… found honey — Which in the East is frequently found in large quantities in the cavities of trees, rocks, and the like. So much — That is, only so much as shall satisfy.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Proverbs 25 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
Tyndale line
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, and vomit it.
Strictly literal
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.
You have found honey—eat your sufficiency, || Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited it.
Hast thou found honey: eat so much as is sufficient for thee: lest thou consume too much of it, and have to vomit it forth.
If you find honey, eat just enough— otherwise, having too much of it, you vomit it up.
From the Latin
Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.
Simplified
If you find honey, eat just enough, for if you eat too much, you'll be sick.
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint largely agree in their wording for this verse, with six of the seven words matching. The Septuagint's arrangement differs, reflecting its own syntactical structure.
דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן־ תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃
6 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in Proverbs 25:16
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Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
דְּבַשׁ (dbash) means honey, derived from a root that suggests stickiness. It encompasses the substance itself and can also refer to syrup. The entries consistently identify it as honey without significant variation.
דְּבַשׁ 64 n.m. honey
base
H1706 דְּבַשׁ honey
1706 dbash deb-ash'
from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its
stickiness); by analogy, syrup:--honey((-comb)).
דְּבַשׁ (de.vash) — honey.
honey
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
hun'-i (debhash; meli): One familiar with life in Palestine will recognize in debhash the Arabic dibs, which is the usual term for a sweet syrup made by boiling down the juice of grapes, raisins, carob beans, or dates. Dibs is seldom, if ever, used as a name for honey (compare Arabic 'asal), whereas in the Old Testament debhash probably had only that meaning. The honey referred to was in most cases wild honey (De 32:13; Jud 14:8,9; 1Sa 14:25,26,29,43), although the offering of honey with the first-fruits would seem to indicate that the bees were also domesticated (2Ch 31:5). The bees constructed their honeycomb and deposited their honey in holes in the ground (
Honey
(1.) Heb. ya’ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods.
(2.) Nopheth, honey that drops (Ps. 19:10; Prov. 5:3; Cant. 4:11).
(3.) Debash denotes bee-honey (Judg. 14:8); but also frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees (Gen. 43:11; Ezek. 27:17). In these passages it may probably mean “dibs,” or syrup of grapes, i.e., the juice…
The Hebrew debash in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which exclusively we give the name of honey. All travellers agree in describing Palestine as a land "flowing with milk and honey," (Exodus 3:8) bees being abundant even in the remote parts of the wilderness, where they deposit their honey in the crevices of rocks or in hollow trees. In some parts of northern Arabia the hills are so well stocked with bees that no sooner are hives placed than they are occupied. In the second place the term debash applies to a decoction of the juice of the grape, which is still called dibs , and which forms an article of commerce in the East, it was this, and not ordinary bee-honey, which Jacob sent to Joseph, (Genesis 43:11) and which the Tyrians purchased from Palestine. (
Was formerly very plentiful in Palestine, and hence the frequent expressions of Scripture which import that that country was a land flowing with milk and honey, Le 20:24. Wild bee honey was often found in hollow trees and clefts in the rocks, De 32:13 Ps 81:16; and on this John the Baptist fed, Mt 3:4. Honey was highly prized, Ps 19:10 Pr 5:3 27:7. Modern travellers observe that it is still very common there, and that the inhabitants mix it in all their sauces. Forskal says the caravans of Mecca bring honey from Arabia to Cairo, and that he has often seen honey…
מָצָא (matsa') is a Hebrew verb meaning to find or attain. It encompasses a range of actions, including discovering something lost, encountering someone, or coming upon a situation. The word can also imply being present or sufficient. Lexicons note various forms and uses, including Qal, Niphal, and Hiphil, which indicate different nuances of finding and encountering.
מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find
Qal
find
find out
= come upon, light upon
noteworthy phrases
Niph. pass. of Qal, be found
Hiph.
cause to find, attain
cause to light upon, come upon, come
cause to encounter
present unto
base
H4672 מָצָא attain to, find
4672 matsa' maw-tsaw'
a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or
exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire;
figuratively, to occur, meet or be present:--+ be able,
befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to
hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion,
out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left,
light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present,
ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
מָצָא (ma.tsa) — to find.
1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
V-Qal-Perf-2ms — Verb · Qal · perfect second person masculine singularHVqp2ms
אָכַל (akal) means 'to eat' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including literal consumption by humans and animals, as well as figurative uses like devouring by fire or destruction. It can describe actions such as feeding or causing to eat, and it also appears in contexts of oppression and destruction. The verb has various forms, indicating different subjects and nuances.
אָכַל 806 vb. eat
Qal
eat, human subject
of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour
fig. of fire, devour, consume
of sword, devour, slay
in genl., devour, consume, destroy
fig. of oppression, devour the poor
Niph.
be eaten by man
be devoured by fire, consumed
be wasted, destroyed, of flesh
Pu. be consumed
Hiph.
cause to eat, feed with
cause to devoure, obj. sword
base
H398 אָכַל eat .. eat, human subject
. of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour
. fig. of fire, devour, consume
. of sword, devour, slay
. in genl., devour, consume, destroy
. fig. of oppression, devour the poor
. . be eaten by man
. be devoured by fire, consumed
. be wasted, destroyed, of flesh
. be consumed
. . cause to eat, feed with
. cause to devoure, obj. sword
398 'akal aw-kal'
a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):--X at
all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up),
feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay)
meat, X quite.
אָכַל (a.khal) — to eat.
1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to eat (human subject)
1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
1a6) to devour (of oppression)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be eaten (by men)
1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
1c2) to cause to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to feed
1d2) to cause to eat
1e) (Piel)
1e1) consume
Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)
V-Qal-Impv-2ms — Verb · Qal · imperative second person masculine singularHVqv2ms
דַּי (day) means 'sufficiency' or 'enough.' It appears only three times in the Old Testament and is often used with prepositions to express concepts like 'according to' or 'out of the abundance of.' The entries indicate its use as both a noun and adverb, but do not provide a clear derivation.
דַּי subst. sufficiency, enough
absol. thrice only
Combined with בְּ, כְּ, and esp. מִן
בְּדֵי
כְּדֵי according to the sufficiency, or abundance, of
מִדֵי out of the abundance of, hence as often as
base
H1767 דַּי sufficiency, enough . absol. thrice only
. Combined with בְּ, כְּ, and esp. מִן . בְּדֵי
. כְּדֵי according to the sufficiency, or abundance, of
. מִדֵי out of the abundance of, hence as often as
1767 day dahee
of uncertain derivation; enough (as noun or adverb), used
chiefly with preposition in phrases:--able, according to,
after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from,
in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
דַּי (day) — sufficiency.
1) sufficiency, enough
1a) enough
1b) for, according to the abundance of, out of the abundance of, as often as
N-ms | Suff — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp2ms
פֶּן־ (pen) is a conjunction meaning 'lest' or 'not,' often used to express a warning or fear of a potential negative outcome. It is derived from a root meaning 'removal' and is typically found in constructions that indicate a precautionary context. The entries consistently emphasize its adverbial use in cautionary statements.
פֶּן־ 133 (alw. with Makkeph) conj. (adverting or deprecating), lest
with impf.
with Pf., the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place
base
H6435 פֶּן־ (alw. with Makkeph) (adverting or deprecating), lest . with impf.
. with Pf., the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place
6435 pen pane
from 6437; properly, removal; used only (in the construction)
adverb as conjunction, lest:--(lest) (peradventure),
that...not.
see HEBREW for 06437
פֶּן־ (pen) — lest.
conj
1) lest, not, beware lest
adv
2) lest
Conj — ParticleHTc
שָׂבֵעַ (saba`) means to be sated or satisfied, particularly in relation to food. It can also imply having one's desires fulfilled or being surfeited with excess. The verb has various forms, including Qal, Piel, and Hiphil, which cover meanings from simply being full to enriching or satisfying others. The entries indicate a focus on both literal and figurative senses of satisfaction.
[שָׂבֵעַ], שָׂבַע 96 vb. be sated, satisfied, surfeited
Qal 79
be sated (with food), esp. human subj.
more gen., be sated, have desire satisfied
have in excess, be surfeited with
Niph. Pt. sated
Pi. satisfy
Hiph.
satisfy (esp. with material blessings), subj. י׳
c. acc. of food pers., י׳ subj.
י׳ subj.
י׳ subj., c. acc. of beasts
enrich
sate, glut (with the undesired)
base
H7646 שָׂבֵעַ, שָׂבַע be sated, satisfied, surfeited .. be sated (with food), esp. human subj.
. more gen., be sated, have desire satisfied
. have in excess, be surfeited with
. Pt. sated
. satisfy
. . . satisfy (esp. with material blessings), subj. י׳
. c. acc. of food + pers., י׳ subj.
. י׳ subj.
. י׳ subj., c. acc. of beasts
. enrich
. sate, glut (with the undesired)
7646 saba` saw-bah'
or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill
to satisfaction (literally or figuratively):--have enough,
fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty
of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) — to satisfy.
1) to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be sated (with food)
1a2) to be sated, be satisfied with, be fulfilled, be filled, have one's fill of (have desire satisfied)
1a3) to have in excess, be surfeited, be surfeited with
1a3a) to be weary of (fig)
1b) (Piel) to satisfy
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to satisfy
1c2) to enrich
1c3) to sate, glut (with the undesired)
V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | Suff — Verb qal imperfect second person masculine singular · suffixHVqi2ms/Sp3ms
קִיא (qow') means to vomit or spue out. It is a primitive root that covers actions like disgorging, with uses in both the Qal and Hiphil forms. The Hiphil form can imply a figurative sense, such as land spewing out its inhabitants, as noted in Jeremiah 25:27.
[קִיא] vb. vomit up, spue out, disgorge
Qal but
Hiph. all vomit up
base
H6958 קִיא vomit up, spue out, disgorge
6958 qow' ko
or qayah (Jer. 25:27) {kaw-yaw'}; a primitive root; to
vomit:--spue (out), vomit (out, up, up again).
קִיא (qo) — to vomit.
1) to vomit up, spue out, disgorge
1a) (Qal) to vomit
1b) (Hiphil) to vomit up
1b1) of land spewing out its inhabitants (fig)
1b2) vomiting, disgorging
Conj | V-Hiphil-Perf-2ms | Suff — Verb hiphil sequential perfect second person masculine singular · suffixHc/Vhq2ms/Sp3ms