Proverbs 5:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְזָרָ֑ה וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה

Transliteration

And-why tišgeh my-bĕnî in-zārâ and-tĕḥabbēq ḥēq nokrîyyâ

Grammar Details

*lāmmâ*: interrogative adverb - why
*tišgeh*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - be intoxicated/infatuated
*bĕnî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my son
*zārâ*: adjective, feminine singular - strange/foreign woman
*tĕḥabbēq*: verb, piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - embrace
*ḥēq*: noun, masculine singular construct - bosom of
*nokrîyyâ*: adjective, feminine singular - strange/foreign woman

Word Meanings

*tišgeh*: be intoxicated/be infatuated/go astray/be captivated
*bĕnî*: my son/child/descendant
*zārâ*: strange woman/foreign woman/adulteress
*tĕḥabbēq*: embrace/hug/fold in arms
*ḥēq*: bosom/lap/chest/embrace
*nokrîyyâ*: strange woman/foreign woman/another man's wife

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Prov 23:33 : 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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;
Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

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