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Proverbs 23:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Proverbs 23:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:610 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּלְחַ֗םtiləḥam
devourverbH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לֶ֭חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
רַ֣עraʿ
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
עָ֑יִןʿāyin
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וְ/אַלwəʾal
nayconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תתאוttʾw
covetverbH183
desire · be desirous · long · lust
תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtitəʾāyw
covetverbH183
desire · be desirous · long · lust
לְ/מַטְעַמֹּתָֽי/וləmaṭəʿamōtāyw
daintypronH4303
savoury meat
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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