Proverbs 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:”

Proverbs 5:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 5:38 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

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

נֹ֣פֶתnōpet

honeynounH5317

תִּ֭טֹּפְנָהtiṭōpənāh

they dripverbH5197

prophesy

שִׂפְתֵ֣יśipətēy

the lips ofnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

זָרָ֑הzārāh

a strange womanadjH2114

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

וְ/חָלָ֖קwəḥālāq

and is smoothconjH2509

smooth

מִ/שֶּׁ֣מֶןmišemen

more than oilpronH8081

fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···

חִכָּֽ/הּḥikāh

mouth hernounH2441

taste

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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