Proverbs

Proverbs 4:17

¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they eat	לָ֭חֲמוּ	lā·ḥă·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3898 fight, do battle
the bread	לֶ֣חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
of wickedness	רֶ֑שַׁע	re·ša‘	Noun - masculine singular	H7562 wickedness
and drink	יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃	yiš·tū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8354 drink
the wine	וְיֵ֖ין	wə·yên	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3196 wine
of violence	חֲמָסִ֣ים	ḥă·mā·sîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2555 violence, wrong

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.