Proverbs 23:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.

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

Hebrew
and put
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ (wə·śam·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a knife
שַׂכִּ֣ין (śak·kîn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7915: A knife

to your throat
בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ (bə·lō·‘e·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3930: Probably throat

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you
אָֽתָּה׃ (’āt·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

possess
בַּ֖עַל (ba·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

a [great] appetite.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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