Proverbs 23:6 Go deeper

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: (KJV)

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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 23:6 word 1

תִּלְחַ֗םtil.Chamyou eat

Lemma: לָחַם (la.cham) · Strong's: H3898B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)

Meaning: to feed on

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:24, Psalms 141:4, Proverbs 4:17, Proverbs 9:5, Proverbs 23:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3898B; TAHOT Proverbs 23:6 word 2

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Proverbs 23:6 word 3

לֶ֭חֶםLe.chem[the] food 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 23:6 word 4

רַ֣עra'a [person] evil of

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Proverbs 23:6 word 5

עָ֑יִן'A.yineye

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: eye: appearance

Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Proverbs 23:6 word 6

וְאַל\־ve.'al-and 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 23:6 word 7

לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו\׃le.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 23:6 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Do not	→	אַל H0408 not
eat	→	לָחַם H3898B to feed on
the bread	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread
of a stingy man	→	רַע H7451H bad: evil
. . .	→	עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance
and do not	→	אַל H0408 not
crave	→	תָּאָה H8376 to mark
his delicacies	→	מַטְעָם H4303 delicacy

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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