דֶּלֶףdeleph

a dripping

Pronunciation: deh'-lef · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1812

Meanings

a dropping, of rain (Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 27:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 19:13 A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
  • Proverbs 27:15 A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).