Proverbs 23:3 Go deeper

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 23:3 word 1

לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יוle.mat.'a.mo.Tavfor dainties his

Lemma: מַטְעָם (mat.am) · Strong's: H4303

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: delicacy

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 27:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4303; TAHOT Proverbs 23:3 word 2

וְ֝ה֗וּאve.Hu'and it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Proverbs 23:3 word 3

לֶ֣חֶםLe.chem[is] food of

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G

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

Meaning: food

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Proverbs 23:3 word 4

כְּזָבִֽים\׃ke.za.Vimlies

Lemma: כָּזָב (ka.zav) · Strong's: H3577

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: lie

Used 31 times. Also: Judges 16:10, Judges 16:13, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 5:6, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 58:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3577; TAHOT Proverbs 23:3 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

Do not	→	אַל H0408 not
crave	→	תָּאָה H8376 to mark
his delicacies	→	מַטְעָם H4303 delicacy
for that	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food
is deceptive	→	כָּזָב H3577 lie

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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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