Proverbs 6:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

To-lišmārḵā from-ʾēšet rāʿ from-meḥelqat lāšôn nāḵriyyāh

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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