Proverbs 7:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;”

Proverbs 7:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 7:2211 words

HebrewMeaning

ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְhwōlēkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

אַחֲרֶ֗י/הָʾaḥăreyhā

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

פִּ֫תְאֹ֥םpitəʾōm

straightwayadvH6597

sudden

כְּ֭/שׁוֹרkəšwōr

bullpronH7794

cow · ox · wall (by mistake for

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

טָ֣בַחṭābaḥ

slaughternounH2874

beast · slay · sore

יָב֑וֹאyābwōʾ

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

וּ֝/כְ/עֶ֗כֶסwkəʿekes

stocksconjH5914

tinkling ornament

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

מוּסַ֥רmwsar

bondnounH4148

chastening · chastisement · check · correction ···

אֱוִֽילʾĕwiyl

fooladjH191

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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