Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;Proverbs 23:6
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
אַל־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְאַל־תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃
- אַל־'al-“may not”Particle, negative · from אַל · “not” · Strong's H0408
- תִּלְחַ֗םtil.Cham“you eat”Verb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from לָחַם · “to feed on” · Strong's H3898B
- אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
- לֶ֭חֶםLe.chem“[the] food of”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from לֶ֫חֶם · “bread” · Strong's H3899H
- רַ֣עra'“a [person] evil of”Adjective, masculine, singular, construct · from רַע · “evil” · Strong's H7451H
- עָ֑יִן'A.yin“eye”Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עַ֫יִן · “appearance” · Strong's H5869I
- וְאַל־ve.'al-“and may not”Conjunction + Particle, negative · from אַל · “not” · Strong's H0408
- תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtit.'av“you crave”Verb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אָוָה · “to desire” · Strong's H0183Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
- לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃le.mat.'a.mo.Tav“for dainties his”Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from מַטְעָם · “delicacy” · Strong's H4303
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)