Proverbs 25:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Young's Literal Translation
If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

King James Bible
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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

your enemy
שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ (na·’ă·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

is hungry,
רָעֵ֣ב (rā·‘êḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7456: To be hungry

give him food
לָ֑חֶם (lā·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

to eat,
הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ (ha·’ă·ḵi·lê·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

and if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

he is thirsty,
צָ֝מֵ֗א (ṣā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6771: Thirsty

give him water
מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

to drink.
הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ (haš·qê·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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