Text -- Proverbs 9:5 (NET)

9:5 “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 9:5

¹ tn The construction features a cognate accusative (verb and noun from same root). The preposition בּ (bet) has the partitive use “some” (GKC 380 §119.m).

² tn The final verb actually stands in a relative clause although the relative pronoun is not present; it modifies “wine.”

sn The expressions “eat” and “drink” carry the implied comparison forward; they mean that the simple are to appropriate the teachings of wisdom.