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Whenכִּיyou sit downתֵשֵׁבto eatלִלְחוֹםwithאֶתa ruler,מוֹשֵׁלconsider carefullyבִּין תָּבִיןwhatאֶת אֲשֶׁרis before you,לְפָנֶיךָ
Proverbs 23:1
Study it in the app“When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:1, word by word
- you sit downתֵשֵׁבteshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “teshev” appears- to eatלְחוֹםlechom
eat
To eat bread or food; another word written the same.
Where else “lechom” appears- a rulerמוֹשֵׁלmoshel
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshel” appears- consider carefullyבִּיןbin
consider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “bin” appears- is before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2and put a knife to your throat if you are a man of appetite.