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Proverbs 23:2
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
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Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
And putH7760 a knifeH7915 to thy throatH3930, if thou be a man givenH1167 to appetiteH5315.
Original Hebrew
וְשַׂמְתָּ שַׂכִּין בְּלֹעֶךָ אִם־בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ אָתָּה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ |
ve./sam.Ta | H7760 | HC/Vqp2ms | and/ you will put |
שַׂכִּ֣ין |
sa.Kin | H7915 | HNcmsa | a knife |
בְּ/לֹעֶ֑/ךָ |
be./lo.'E./kha | H3930 | HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms | in/ throat/ your |
אִם |
'im- | H518 | HC | if |
בַּ֖עַל |
Ba.'al | H1167 | HNcmsc | (are) a master of |
נֶ֣פֶשׁ |
Ne.fesh | H5315 | HNcbsa | appetite |
אָֽתָּה |
'A.tah | H859 | HPp2ms | you |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H1167 — בַּעַל (baʻal, bah'-al): from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
- H3930 — לֹעַ (lôaʻ, lo'ah): from לוּעַ; the gullet; throat.
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
- H7915 — שַׂכִּין (sakkîyn, sak-keen'): intensive perhaps from the same as שֵׂכוּ in the sense of שׂוּךְ; a knife (as pointed or edged); knife.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
- H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
Cross References
Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 27:14, Proverbs 12:27
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: FOOD, PHYSICAL-SPIRITUAL, KNIVES, SELF-INDULGENCE-SELF-DENIAL, TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
- Torrey’s: DIET OF THE JEWS, THE, GLUTTONY
- Nave’s: ABSTEMIOUSNESS, CITIZENS, GUEST, MANNERS, PRUDENCE, SELF-DENIAL, TEMPERANCE
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