Proverbs 20:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”

Proverbs 20:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 20:169 words

HebrewMeaning

לְֽקַחləqaḥ

acceptverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

בִּ֭גְד/וֹbigədwō

apparelnounH899

cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

עָ֣רַבʿārab

engageverbH6148

meddle · mingle · mortgage · occupy ···

זָ֑רzār

another (manadjH2114

place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···

וּ/בְעַ֖דwbəʿad

aboutconjH1157

at by · for · over · through ···

נכריםnkrym

alienadjH5237

foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)

נָכְרִיָּ֣הnākəriyāh

alienadjH5237

foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)

חַבְלֵֽ/הוּḥabəlēhw

bandverbH2254

at all · bring forth · corrupt · destroy ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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