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Proverbs 23:7 Interlinear

“ For as he thinketh in his heart so is he Eat and drink saith he to thee but his heart ”

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Proverbs 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֤י׀	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	כְּמ֥וֹ	H3644		as, thus, so
3	שָׁעַ֥ר	H8176	For as he thinketh	to act as gatekeeper; (figuratively) to estimate
4	בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹ	H5315	in his heart	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
5	כֶּ֫ן	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
6	ה֥וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
7	אֱכ֣וֹל	H398	so is he Eat	to eat (literally or figuratively)
8	וּ֭שְׁתֵה	H8354	and drink	to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
9	יֹ֣אמַר	H559	saith	to say (used with great latitude)
10	לָ֑ךְ	H0
11	וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ	H3820	he to thee but his heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
12	בַּל	H1077		properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
13	עִמָּֽךְ׃	H5973		adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

Proverbs 23:7 (current) For as he thinketh in his heart so is he Eat and drink saith he to thee but his heart