Proverbs

Proverbs 23:6

⁶Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,^b

and do not crave his delicacies;

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
eat	תִּלְחַ֗ם	til·ḥam	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3898 fight, do battle
the bread	לֶ֭חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
of a stingy man	רַ֣ע	ra‘	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H7451 bad, evil
and do not	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
crave	תִּתְאָו	tiṯ·ʾå̄w	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular	H8376 mark off, designate
his delicacies	לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃	lə·maṭ·‘am·mō·ṯāw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4303 tasty or savoury food, dainties

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.