Proverbs 6:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

Not-taḥmōd yāpyāh in-bilvāveḵā and-not-tiqqāḥăḵā with-beʿapʿappeyhā

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*taḥmōd*: desire/covet/lust after
*tiqqāḥăḵā*: take you/capture you/seize you

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
2 Sam 11:2-5 : 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
Song 4:9 : 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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