The Meaning of Proverbs 23:2 Explained

Proverbs 23:2

KJV: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

YLT: And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.

Darby: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

ASV: And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And put  a knife  to thy throat,  if thou [be] a man given  to appetite. 

What does Proverbs 23:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:2 mean?

And put a knife to your throat if a man given to appetite you [are]
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ אִם־ בַּ֖עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָֽתָּה

וְשַׂמְתָּ֣  And  put 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
שַׂכִּ֣ין  a  knife 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׂכִּין  
Sense: knife.
בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ  to  your  throat 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לֹעַ  
Sense: throat.
בַּ֖עַל  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בָּעַל 
Sense: owner, husband, lord.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ  given  to  appetite 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
אָֽתָּה  you  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.

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