Proverbs 5:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ לֹ֣א תֵדֽ͏ָע

Transliteration

ʾōraḥ ḥayyîm lest-tĕpallēs nāʿû her-maʿgĕlôt not tēdāʿ

Grammar Details

*ʾōraḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - path of
*ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life/living
*pen*: conjunction - lest/so that not
*tĕpallēs*: verb, piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she would weigh/ponder/consider
*nāʿû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they wander/stagger/totter
*maʿgĕlôt*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her tracks/paths
*tēdāʿ*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you know

Word Meanings

*ʾōraḥ*: path/way/manner
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/lifetime
*tĕpallēs*: weigh/consider/ponder/level/make balanced
*nāʿû*: wander/stagger/totter/be unstable
*maʿgĕlôt*: tracks/paths/ways/habits
*tēdāʿ*: know/perceive/understand/recognize

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 4:26 : 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps 119:59 : 59 I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
Prov 6:12-13 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13 That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
Prov 7:10-21 : 10 And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. 11 (She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him: 14 Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. 21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Prov 11:19 : 19 He that is stedfast in righteousness [shall attain] unto life; And he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.
Prov 30:20 : 20 So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [None even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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