The Imperatives of Restraint: Jussive and Imperative in Proverbs 23:6
אַל־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־֭לֶחֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְאַל־תתאו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃ Do not eat the bread of one with an evil eye; and do not desire his delicacies. In Proverbs 23:6, wisdom literature urges discernment not only through imagery, but through grammar. The verse commands the reader not to eat the bread of one with an “evil eye,” nor to…