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Proverbs 23:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.”

Proverbs 23:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 23:277 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שׁוּחָ֣הšwḥāh
is a pitnounH7745
pit
עֲמֻקָּ֣הʿămuqāh
deepadjH6013
זוֹנָ֑הzwōnāh
a prostituteverbH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
וּ/בְאֵ֥רwbəʾēr
and is a wellconjH875
well
צָ֝רָ֗הṣārāh
narrowadjH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
נָכְרִיָּֽהnākəriyāh
a foreign womanadjH5237
foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)
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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