“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
Proverbs 5:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 5:207 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לָ֤/מָּהwəlāmāh
and why?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִשְׁגֶּ֣הtišəgeh
will you go astrayverbH7686
deceive · err · be ravished · sin through ignorance ···
בְנִ֣/יbəniy
O son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בְ/זָרָ֑הbəzārāh
with a strange womanpronH2114
place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···
וּ֝/תְחַבֵּ֗קwtəḥabēq
may you embrace?conjH2263
fold
חֵ֣קḥēq
the bosom ofnounH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
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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