Proverbs 9:5

“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9:5
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Original language (Hebrew)

לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

  1. לְ֭כוּLe.khu“come”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from הָלַךְ · “come[hortative]” · Strong's H1980K
  2. לַחֲמ֣וּla.cha.Mu“eat”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from לָחַם · “to feed on” · Strong's H3898B
  3. בְֽלַחֲמִ֑יve.la.cha.Mi“in food my”
    Preposition + Noun, both genders, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, masculine, singular · from לֶ֫חֶם · “bread” · Strong's H3899H
  4. וּ֝שְׁת֗וּu.she.Tu“and drink”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from שָׁתָה · “to drink” · Strong's H8354
  5. בְּיַ֣יִןbe.Ya.yin“in [the] wine”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יַ֫יִן · “wine” · Strong's H3196
  6. מָסָֽכְתִּי׃ma.Sa.khe.ti“[which] I have mixed”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from מָסַךְ · “to mix” · Strong's H4537
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)