Hebrew Interlinear
Proverbs 23:2 Interlinear
“And put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ | H7760 | And put | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 2 | שַׂכִּ֣ין | H7915 | a knife | a knife (as pointed or edged) |
| 3 | בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ | H3930 | to thy throat | the gullet |
| 4 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 5 | בַּ֖עַל | H1167 | if thou be a man given | a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) |
| 6 | נֶ֣פֶשׁ | H5315 | to appetite | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 7 | אָֽתָּה׃ | H859 | thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you |
Verse Context
Proverbs 23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler consider...
Proverbs 23:2 (current)And put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite
Proverbs 23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties meat for they are deceitful...