Proverbs 5:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ

Transliteration

For nōpet tiṭṭōpnâ śiptê zārâ and-ḥālāq from-šemen her-ḥēk

Grammar Details

*nōpet*: noun, masculine singular - honey/honeycomb
*tiṭṭōpnâ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they drip/drop
*śiptê*: noun, feminine dual construct - lips of
*zārâ*: adjective, feminine singular - strange/foreign/another woman
*ḥālāq*: adjective, masculine singular - smooth/slippery
*šemen*: noun, masculine singular - oil/fat
*ḥēk*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her palate/mouth

Word Meanings

*nōpet*: honey/honeycomb/dripping honey
*tiṭṭōpnâ*: drip/drop/distill
*zārâ*: strange woman/foreign woman/adulteress
*ḥālāq*: smooth/slippery/flattering
*šemen*: oil/fat/richness
*ḥēk*: palate/mouth/speech

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Prov 7:21 : 21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Rev 17:2-6 : 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication. 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication, 5 and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.

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