Proverbs

Proverbs 22:9

⁹A generous man^b will be blessed,

for he shares his bread with the poor.

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A generous	טֽוֹב־	ṭō·wḇ-	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
will be blessed	יְבֹרָ֑ךְ	yə·ḇō·rāḵ	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he shares	נָתַ֖ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
his bread	מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ	mil·laḥ·mōw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
with the poor	לַדָּֽל׃	lad·dāl	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.