18{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.18",
"source": "כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃",
"text": "for *šāḥāh* to-*māwеṯ* *bêṯāh* and-to-*rəfāʾîm* *maʿgəlōṯеhā*",
"grammar": {
"*šāḥāh*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she has sunk down",
"*māwеṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - death",
"*bêṯāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her house",
"*rəfāʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural - spirits of the dead/shades",
"*maʿgəlōṯеhā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her tracks"
},
"variants": {
"*šāḥāh*": "sink down/bow down/incline",
"*māwеṯ*": "death/dying",
"*rəfāʾîm*": "spirits of the dead/shades/departed spirits",
"*maʿgəlōṯеhā*": "her tracks/her paths/her ways"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.19",
"source": "כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃",
"text": "all-*bāʾеhā* not *yəšûḇûn* and-not-*yaśśîḡû* *ʾārəḥôṯ* *ḥayyîm*",
"grammar": {
"*bāʾеhā*": "verb, qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - those who go in to her",
"*yəšûḇûn*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will return",
"*yaśśîḡû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will reach/attain",
"*ʾārəḥôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - paths of",
"*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - life"
},
"variants": {
"*bāʾеhā*": "those who go in to her/those who enter to her",
"*yəšûḇûn*": "return/come back/turn back",
"*yaśśîḡû*": "reach/attain/overtake",
"*ʾārəḥôṯ*": "paths/ways/roads",
"*ḥayyîm*": "life/living"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Proverbs.2.20",
"source": "לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃",
"text": "so-that *tēlēḵ* in-*dеrеḵ* *ṭôḇîm* and-*ʾārəḥôṯ* *ṣaddîqîm* *tišmōr*",
"grammar": {
"*tēlēḵ*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will walk",
"*dеrеḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of",
"*ṭôḇîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - good ones",
"*ʾārəḥôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - paths of",
"*ṣaddîqîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - righteous ones",
"*tišmōr*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will keep"
},
"variants": {
"*tēlēḵ*": "walk/go/proceed",
"*dеrеḵ*": "way/path/journey",
"*ṭôḇîm*": "good ones/good people",
"*ʾārəḥôṯ*": "paths/ways/roads",
"*ṣaddîqîm*": "righteous ones/just ones/righteous people",
"*tišmōr*": "keep/guard/preserve"
}
}