sak.kin denotes a knife placed to the throat in a warning of self-restraint.

The attested use names a knife in the clause that tells the hearer to set it to the throat when being a “master of soul.”

1. Knife in a warning of restraint · dominant

   In Proverbs 23:2, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the instruction to set a knife to the throat if the hearer is a “master of soul.” The APB renders the clause, “And set a knife to your throat,” confirming the concrete object within the warning.

   Proverbs 23:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 23:2, the APB presents the object as “a knife” in the instruction to set it to the throat. The verse is read as a whole.