Proverbs 23:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־תֵ֭שֵׁב לִלְח֣וֹם אֶת־מוֹשֵׁ֑ל בִּ֥ין תָּ֝בִ֗ין אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

When tēšēḇ to liḥōm with mōšēl, bîn tāḇîn that-which lǝp̄āneḵā.

Grammar Details

*tēšēḇ*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you sit/are seated
*liḥōm*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - to eat/dine
*mōšēl*: qal participle masculine singular - ruler/one who rules
*bîn tāḇîn*: emphatic construction, qal infinitive absolute + qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - understand well/carefully consider
*lǝp̄āneḵā*: preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you/in front of you

Word Meanings

*tēšēḇ*: sit/be seated/dine
*liḥōm*: to eat/to dine
*mōšēl*: ruler/governor/one in authority
*bîn tāḇîn*: carefully consider/discern well/pay close attention to

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 43:32-34 : 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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