Proverbs 4:17 Go deeper

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. (KJV)

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כִּ֣יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 4:17 word 1

לָ֭חֲמוּLa.cha.muthey eat

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to feed on

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

Source: TBESH H3898B; TAHOT Proverbs 4:17 word 2

לֶ֣חֶםLe.chem[the] bread 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 4:17 word 3

רֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'wickedness

Lemma: רֶ֫שַׁע (re.sah) · Strong's: H7562

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

Meaning: wickedness

Used 30 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:27, 1 Samuel 24:13, Job 34:8, Job 34:10, Job 35:8, Psalms 5:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7562; TAHOT Proverbs 4:17 word 4

וְיֵ֖יןve.Yeinand [the] wine of

Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196

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

Meaning: wine

Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Proverbs 4:17 word 5

חֲמָסִ֣יםcha.ma.Simviolence<s>

Lemma: חָמָס (cha.mas) · Strong's: H2555

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

Meaning: violence

Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 49:5, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2555; TAHOT Proverbs 4:17 word 6

יִשְׁתּֽוּ\׃yish.Tuthey drink

Lemma: שָׁתָה (sha.tah) · Strong's: H8354

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to drink

Used 217 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8354; TAHOT Proverbs 4:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
they eat	→	לָחַם H3898B to feed on
the bread	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread
of wickedness	→	רֶ֫שַׁע H7562 wickedness
and drink	→	שָׁתָה H8354 to drink
the wine	→	יַ֫יִן H3196 wine
of violence	→	חָמָס H2555 violence

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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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