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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (KJV)

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עָרֵ֣ב'a.Rev[is] sweet

Lemma: עָרֵב (a.rev) · Strong's: H6156

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: sweet

Used 2 times. Also: Song of Solomon 2:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6156; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 1

לָ֭אִישׁLa.'ishto <the> person

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 2

לֶ֣חֶםLe.chemfood of

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: food: bread

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 3

שָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 4

וְ֝אַחַ֗רve.'a.Charand after

Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A

Parsing: Acmsa (Acmsa)

Meaning: after

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 5

יִמָּֽלֵא\־yi.ma.le'-it will be filled

Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to fill

Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 6

פִ֥יהוּFi.humouth his

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 7

חָצָֽץ\׃cha.Tzatzgravel

Lemma: חָצָץ (cha.tsats) · Strong's: H2687

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: gravel

Used 2 times. Also: Lamentations 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2687; TAHOT Proverbs 20:17 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread
gained by fraud	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception
is sweet	→	עָרֵב H6156 sweet
to a man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
but later	→	אַחַר H0310A after
his mouth	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
is full of	→	מָלֵא H4390 to fill
gravel	→	חָצָץ H2687 gravel

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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