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Proverbs 23:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7760 And put ושׂמת

H7915 a knife שׂכין

H3930 to thy throat בלעך

H518 if אם

H1167 be a man בעל

H5315 given to appetite נפשׁ

H859 thou אתה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H7760 put

H7915 knife

thy

H3930 throat

H518 if

H859 thou

H1167 man

given

H5315 appetite

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H518

Hebrew: אִם

Transliteration: ʼim

Pronunciation: eem

Bible Usage: ({and} {can-} {doubtless} {if} that) ({not}) + {but} {either} + {except} + more (-over {if} {than}) {neither} {nevertheless} {nor} oh {that} {or} + save ({only} {-ing}) {seeing} {since} {sith} + surely (no {more} {none} {not}) {though} + of a {truth} + {unless} + {verily} {when} {whereas} {whether} {while} + yet.

Definition:

used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not

1. if

a. conditional clauses

1. of possible situations

2. of impossible situations

b. oath contexts

1. no, not

c. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

d. when, whenever

e. since

f. interrogative particle

g. but rather

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906