lestפֶּןI be satisfiedאֶשְׂבַּעandוְdeny youכִחַשְׁתִּיandוְsay,אָמַרְתִּי“Whoמִיis YHWH?”יְהוָהandוּlestפֶןI become poorאִוָּרֵשׁandוְstealגָנַבְתִּיandוְprofaneתָפַשְׂתִּיthe nameשֵׁםof my Elohim.אֱלֹהָי
Proverbs 30:9
Study it in the app“lest I be satisfied and deny you and say, “Who is YHWH?” and lest I become poor and steal and profane the name of my Elohim.”
Agur asks for neither poverty nor riches, only the bread of his portionGenerosity and Money
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:9, word by word
- I be satisfiedאֶשְׂבַּעesba
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “esba” appears- deny youכִחַשְׁתִּיchichashti
deny
To say what is not so, or deny what is true.
Where else “chichashti” appears- sayאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- is YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- I become poorאִוָּרֵשׁivaresh
General meaning: Take possession; dispossess.
Where else “ivaresh” appears- stealגָנַבְתִּיganavti
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “ganavti” appears- profaneתָפַשְׂתִּיtafasti
General meaning: Seize.
Where else “tafasti” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- of my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears
The context
8falsehood and a word of lies keep far from me; poverty and riches do not give me; feed me with the bread of my portion,
9 · This verse (above)
10Do not slander a slave to his master, lest he curse you and you be guilty.