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The morselפִּתְּךָyou have eatenאָכַלְתָּyou will vomit up,תְקִיאֶנָּהand you will have wastedוְשִׁחַתָּyour pleasantהַנְּעִימִיםwords.דְּבָרֶיךָ
Proverbs 23:8
Study it in the app“The morsel you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will have wasted your pleasant words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:8, word by word
- The morselפִּתְּpit
piece, morsel
Piece, morsel, bit of bread.
Where else “pit” appears- you have eatenאָכַלְתָּachalta
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalta” appears- you will vomit upתְקִיאֶtekie
vomit
Vomit; throw out.
Where else “tekie” appears- and you will have wastedשִׁחַתָּshichata
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “shichata” appears- your pleasantנְּעִימִיםneimim
pleasant
Lovely, dear, charming.
Where else “neimim” appears- wordsדְּבָרֶיdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears
The context
7for as he thinks in his soul, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 · This verse (above)
9In the ears of a senseless man do not speak, for he will despise the prudence of your words.