Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 25:21 Interlinear

“ be hungry If thine enemy to eat give him bread and if he be thirsty to drink give him water”

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Proverbs 25 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2	רָעֵ֣ב	H7457	be hungry	hungry (more or less intensely)
3	שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ	H8130	If thine enemy	to hate (personally)
4	הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ	H398	to eat	to eat (literally or figuratively)
5	לָ֑חֶם	H3899	give him bread	food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
6	וְאִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
7	צָ֝מֵ֗א	H6771	and if he be thirsty	thirsty (literally or figuratively)
8	הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ	H8248	to drink	to quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
9	מָֽיִם׃	H4325	give him water	water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Proverbs 25:21 (current) be hungry If thine enemy to eat give him bread and if he be thirsty to drink give him water