Proverbs 6:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃

Transliteration

Can-yaḥteh ʾîš ʾēš in-ḥêqô and-bəḡādāyw not tiśśārapnāh

Grammar Details

*yaḥteh*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he takes/carries
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*ḥêqô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bosom
*bəḡādāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his garments
*tiśśārapnāh*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will be burned

Word Meanings

*yaḥteh*: takes/carries/scoops up
*ḥêqô*: his bosom/his lap/his chest
*tiśśārapnāh*: will be burned/will be scorched

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 31:9-9 : 9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. 11 For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: 12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
Hos 7:4-7 : 4 They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir [the fire], from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
Jas 3:5 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

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