Proverbs

Proverbs 30:8

⁸Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches;

feed me with the bread that is my portion.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Keep falsehood	שָׁ֤וְא׀	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
and deceitful	כָּזָ֡ב	kā·zāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3577 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
words	וּֽדְבַר־	ū·ḏə·ḇar-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
far	הַרְחֵ֬ק	har·ḥêq	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
from me	מִמֶּ֗נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Give	תִּֽתֶּן־	tit·ten-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
me	לִ֑י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
neither	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
poverty	רֵ֣אשׁ	rêš	Noun - masculine singular	H7389 poverty
nor riches	וָ֭עֹשֶׁר	wā·‘ō·šer	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H6239 be or become rich
feed me	הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי	haṭ·rî·p̄ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H2963 tear, rend, pluck
with the bread	לֶ֣חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
that is my portion	חֻקִּֽי׃	ḥuq·qî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.