Proverbs 14:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

yirʾat YHWH məqôr ḥayyîm to lāsûr from mōqəšê māwet

Grammar Details

• *yirʾat*: feminine singular construct - fear of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *məqôr*: masculine singular construct - fountain of
• *ḥayyîm*: masculine plural noun - life
• *lāsûr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to turn aside
• *mōqəšê*: masculine plural construct - snares of
• *māwet*: masculine singular noun - death

Word Meanings

• *yirʾat*: fear of/respect for/reverence for
• *məqôr*: fountain/spring/source
• *ḥayyîm*: life/living/existence
• *lāsûr*: to turn aside/to depart/to avoid
• *mōqəšê*: snares/traps/entanglements
• *māwet*: death/dying/mortality

Referenced Verses

• Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
• Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
• Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
• Isa 33:6 : 6 And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
• Prov 2:10-18 : 10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; 13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; 15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; 17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;