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and putוְשַׂמְתָּa knifeשַׂכִּיןto your throatבְּלֹעֶךָifאִםyouאָתָּהare a manבַּעַלof appetite.נֶפֶשׁ
Proverbs 23:2
Study it in the app“and put a knife to your throat if you are a man of appetite.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:2, word by word
- and putשַׂמְתָּsamta
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samta” appears- a knifeשַׂכִּיןsakin
knife
A knife.
Where else “sakin” appears- to your throatלֹעֶloe
throat
The throat, the gullet.
Where else “loe” appears- are a manבַּעַלbaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baal” appears- of appetiteנֶפֶשׁnefesh
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nefesh” appears
The context
1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,
2 · This verse (above)
3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are bread of lies.