Proverbs 23:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פִּֽתְּךָ־אָכַ֥לְתָּ תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ הַנְּעִימִֽים׃

Transliteration

pittǝḵā-ʾāḵaltā tǝqîʾennāh, and šiḥattā dǝḇāreḵā hannǝʿîmîm.

Grammar Details

*pittǝḵā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your morsel/piece of bread
*ʾāḵaltā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have eaten
*tǝqîʾennāh*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - you will vomit it up
*šiḥattā*: piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have wasted/ruined
*dǝḇāreḵā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your words
*hannǝʿîmîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the pleasant/agreeable

Word Meanings

*pittǝḵā-ʾāḵaltā tǝqîʾennāh*: your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up
*šiḥattā dǝḇāreḵā hannǝʿîmîm*: you have wasted your pleasant words/ruined your agreeable speech

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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