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Do notאַלbeתְּהִיamong drinkersבְסֹבְאֵיof wine,יָיִןamong gluttonsבְּזֹלֲלֵיof meatבָשָׂרfor themselves;לָמוֹ
Proverbs 23:20
Study it in the app“Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttons of meat for themselves;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:20, word by word
- beתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- among drinkersסֹבְאֵיsove
drink heavily
Take wine without limit; one always intoxicated.
Where else “sove” appears- of wineיָיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- among gluttonsזֹלֲלֵיzolale
be a glutton
To eat and spend without restraint.
Where else “zolale” appears- of meatבָשָׂרvasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “vasar” appears
The context
19Hear, you, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
20 · This verse (above)
21for the drinker and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.