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Chapter 23
Verse 6
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Proverbs 23

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6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 23:6. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 47
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

אַל־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְאַל־תתאו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃

10 word entries
אַל
Lemma
408
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
576
תִּלְחַ֗ם
Lemma
3898 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal jussive 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3898
Occurrences
4
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
לֶ֭חֶם
Lemma
3899
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3899
Occurrences
232
רַ֣ע
Lemma
7451 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
117
עָ֑יִן
Lemma
5869 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
350
וְאַל
Lemma
c/408
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
148
תתאו
Lemma
183
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hithpael jussive 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H183
Occurrences
21
תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו
Lemma
183
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hithpael jussive 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H183
Occurrences
21
לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו
Lemma
l/4303
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4303
Occurrences
2
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Μὴ συνδείπνει ἀνδρὶ βασκάνῳ, μηδὲ ἐπιθύμει τῶν βρωμάτων αὐτοῦ,

9 word entries
Μὴ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
συνδείπνει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
syndeipnei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἀνδρὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
andri
Morphology
noun, masculine dative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
βασκάνῳ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
baskano
Morphology
1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
Gloss
I ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
μηδὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
mede
Morphology
negative conjunction/particle
Gloss
and not, nor
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Negative coordinating conjunction/particle.
Occurrences
130
ἐπιθύμει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
epithymei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
τῶν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
βρωμάτων
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
bromaton
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
11
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܠܐ ܬܚܫܡ ܥܡ ܓܒܪܐ ܚܘܪܐ ܘܠܐ ܬܪܓ ܡܢ ܡܐܟܘܠܬܗ

9 word entries
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2566
ܬܚܫܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
thshm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܥܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܥܡ
Transliteration
'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
697
ܓܒܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܚܘܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hwr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܘܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1993
ܬܪܓ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܬܪܓ
Transliteration
trg
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
ܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܡܐܟܘܠܬܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
m'kwlth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

לָא תֵיכוּל עִם גַבְרָא דְבִישָׁא עַיְנֵיהּ וְלָא תִתְרַגֵג לְבִישׁוּלוֹי׃

9 word entries
לָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
לא
Transliteration
l'
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2611
תֵיכוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tykwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
עִם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עם
Transliteration
'm
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with
Occurrences
1754
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
דְבִישָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dbysh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
18
עַיְנֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ynyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
11
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
תִתְרַגֵג
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ttrgg
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
לְבִישׁוּלוֹי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lbyshwlwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:

10 word entries
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1109
comedas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
comedo
Transliteration
comedas
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
528
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
homine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
homine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
invido
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuidus
Transliteration
invido
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
3
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
desideres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
desideres
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
63
cibos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cibus
Transliteration
cibos
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
139
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Proverbs 23:3

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

7 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

5 relevance votes

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 28:22

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

3 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 28:56

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

3 relevance votes

Mark 7:22

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

2 relevance votes
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