Proverbs 23:3

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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.	Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.	Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Be not desirous^H183 of his dainties^H4303: for they are deceitful^H3577 meat^H3899.

Original Hebrew

אַל־תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמֹּותָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תִּ֭תְאָו	ʼâvâh	H183	HVtj2ms
לְ/מַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑י/ו	le./mat.'a.mo.Ta/v	H4303	HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	for/ dainties/ his
וְ֝/ה֗וּא	ve./Hu'	H1931	HC/Pp3ms	and/ it
לֶ֣חֶם	Le.chem	H3899	HNcbsc	(is) food of
כְּזָבִֽים	ke.za.Vim	H3577	HNcmpa	lies

Strong's References

H183 — אָוָה (ʼâvâh, aw-vaw'): a primitive root; to wish for; covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
H3577 — כָּזָב (kâzâb, kaw-zawb'): from כָּזַב (kâzab) H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol); deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם (lâcham) H3898; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה (Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh) H1036; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
H4303 — מַטְעַם (maṭʻam, mat-am'): or (feminine) מַטְעַמָּה (maṭʻammâh); from טָעַם (ṭâʻam) H2938; a delicacy; dainty (meat), savoury meat.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 27:14, Proverbs 1:19

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: FOOD, PHYSICAL-SPIRITUAL; SELF-INDULGENCE-SELF-DENIAL; TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
Torrey’s: DIET OF THE JEWS, THE; GLUTTONY
Nave’s: ABSTEMIOUSNESS; CITIZENS; GUEST; PRUDENCE; TEMPERANCE

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