24{
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.24",
"source": "לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃",
"text": "To-*lišmārḵā* from-*ʾēšet* *rāʿ* from-*meḥelqat* *lāšôn* *nāḵriyyāh*",
"grammar": {
"*lišmārḵā*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to keep you",
"*ʾēšet*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wife of/woman of",
"*rāʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - evil/wickedness",
"*meḥelqat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from smoothness of",
"*lāšôn*": "noun, feminine singular construct - tongue of",
"*nāḵriyyāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - foreign/strange"
},
"variants": {
"*lišmārḵā*": "to keep you/to guard you/to protect you",
"*ʾēšet*": "wife of/woman of",
"*rāʿ*": "evil/wickedness/bad",
"*meḥelqat*": "smoothness/flattery",
"*nāḵriyyāh*": "foreign/strange/alien"
}
}
25{
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.25",
"source": "אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃",
"text": "Not-*taḥmōd* *yāpyāh* in-*bilvāveḵā* and-not-*tiqqāḥăḵā* with-*beʿapʿappeyhā*",
"grammar": {
"*taḥmōd*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you desire/covet",
"*yāpyāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her beauty",
"*bilvāveḵā*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your heart",
"*tiqqāḥăḵā*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - may she take you",
"*beʿapʿappeyhā*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - with her eyelids/eyelashes"
},
"variants": {
"*taḥmōd*": "desire/covet/lust after",
"*tiqqāḥăḵā*": "take you/capture you/seize you"
}
}
26{
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.26",
"source": "כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃ פ",
"text": "For on-account-of-*ʾiššāh* *zônāh* up-to-*kikkar* *lāḥem* and-*ʾēšet* *ʾîš* *nepeš* *yəqārāh* *tāṣûd*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman",
"*zônāh*": "verb, qal participle feminine singular - prostituting",
"*kikkar*": "noun, feminine singular construct - loaf/round of",
"*lāḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - bread",
"*ʾēšet*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wife of",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul/life",
"*yəqārāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - precious",
"*tāṣûd*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she hunts/captures"
},
"variants": {
"*zônāh*": "prostituting/being a harlot",
"*kikkar*": "loaf/round/circle",
"*nepeš*": "soul/life/self",
"*yəqārāh*": "precious/valuable/rare",
"*tāṣûd*": "hunts/captures/seeks"
}
}
27{
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.27",
"source": "הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃",
"text": "Can-*yaḥteh* *ʾîš* *ʾēš* in-*ḥêqô* and-*bəḡādāyw* not *tiśśārapnāh*",
"grammar": {
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḥteh*": "takes/carries/scoops up",
"*ḥêqô*": "his bosom/his lap/his chest",
"*tiśśārapnāh*": "will be burned/will be scorched"
}
}
28{
"verseID": "Proverbs.6.28",
"source": "אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃",
"text": "If-*yəhallēḵ* *ʾîš* upon-the-*geḥālîm* and-*raḡlāyw* not *tikkāweynāh*",
"grammar": {
"*yəhallēḵ*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he walks",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*geḥālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - coals",
"*raḡlāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his feet",
"*tikkāweynāh*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will be burned/scorched"
},
"variants": {
"*yəhallēḵ*": "walks/goes",
"*geḥālîm*": "coals/burning coals",
"*tikkāweynāh*": "will be burned/will be scorched"
}
}