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Proverbs 5:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?


Proverbs 5:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 5:207 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לָ֤/מָּהwəlāmāh
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִשְׁגֶּ֣הtišəgeh
go astrayverbH7686
deceive · err · be ravished · sin through ignorance ···
בְנִ֣/יbəniy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בְ/זָרָ֑הbəzārāh
another (manpronH2114
place) · fanner · go away · strange(-r ···
וּ֝/תְחַבֵּ֗קwtəḥabēq
embraceconjH2263
fold
חֵ֣קḥēq
bosomnounH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
נָכְרִיָּֽהnākəriyāh
alienadjH5237
foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)
Words 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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