Proverbs 31:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַנָּשִׁ֣ים חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ לַֽמְח֥וֹת מְלָכִֽין

Transliteration

ʾal-tittēn lannāšîm ḥêlekā ûdĕrākêkā lamḥôt mĕlākîn

Grammar Details

*ʾal*: negative particle - do not
*tittēn*: verb, Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you give
*lannāšîm*: preposition *lə* + definite article + noun, feminine plural - to the women
*ḥêlekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your strength/wealth
*ûdĕrākêkā*: conjunction *wə* + noun, feminine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your ways
*lamḥôt*: preposition *lə* + Qal infinitive construct - for destroying/wiping out
*mĕlākîn*: noun, masculine plural - kings

Word Meanings

*tittēn*: give/hand over/deliver
*ḥêlekā*: your strength/vigor/wealth/ability/power
*dĕrākêkā*: your ways/paths/conduct/manner
*lamḥôt*: for destroying/wiping out/erasing
*mĕlākîn*: kings/rulers (Aramaic form)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Neh 13:26 : 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Deut 17:17 : 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Prov 5:9-9 : 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

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