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forכִּיasכְּמוֹhe thinksשָׁעַרin his soul,בְּנַפְשׁוֹsoכֶּןis he.הוּא“Eatאֱכֹלand drink!”וּשְׁתֵהhe saysיֹאמַרto you,לָךְbutוְhis heartלִבּוֹis notבַּלwith you.עִמָּךְ
Proverbs 23:7
Study it in the app“for as he thinks in his soul, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:7, word by word
- he thinksשָׁעַרshaar
think, reckon
To reckon, to think; to keep count in the mind.
Where else “shaar” appears- in his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- “Eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- and drinkשְׁתֵהshete
drink
Drink.
Where else “shete” appears- he saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- is notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears
The context
6Do not eat the bread of the evil of eye, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 · This verse (above)
8The morsel you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will have wasted your pleasant words.