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“Stolenגְּנוּבִיםwatersמַיִםare sweet,יִמְתָּקוּandוְbreadלֶחֶםeaten in secretסְתָרִיםis pleasant.”יִנְעָם
Proverbs 9:17
Study it in the app““Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:17, word by word
- “Stolenגְּנוּבִיםgenuvim
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “genuvim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- are sweetיִמְתָּקוּyimtaku
be sweet
Become sweet.
Where else “yimtaku” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- eaten in secretסְתָרִיםsetarim
secret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “setarim” appears- is pleasantיִנְעָםyinam
be pleasant
Be pleasant, delightful.
Where else “yinam” appears
The context
16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” And to him who lacks sense she says:
17 · This verse (above)
18But he does not know that the shades are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.