Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 4:17 Interlinear

“ For they eat the bread of wickedness the wine of violence and drink”

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Proverbs 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֣י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	לָ֭חֲמוּ	H3898	For they eat	to feed on; figuratively, to consume
3	לֶ֣חֶם	H3899	the bread	food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
4	רֶ֑שַׁע	H7562	of wickedness	a wrong (especially moral)
5	וְיֵ֖ין	H3196	the wine	wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
6	חֲמָסִ֣ים	H2555	of violence	violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
7	יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃	H8354	and drink	to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Proverbs 4:17 (current) For they eat the bread of wickedness the wine of violence and drink