Proverbs 6:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃ פ

Transliteration

For on-account-of-ʾiššāh zônāh up-to-kikkar lāḥem and-ʾēšet ʾîš nepeš yəqārāh tāṣûd

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*zônāh*: prostituting/being a harlot
*kikkar*: loaf/round/circle
*nepeš*: soul/life/self
*yəqārāh*: precious/valuable/rare
*tāṣûd*: hunts/captures/seeks

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
1 Sam 2:36 : 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
Prov 5:10 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Prov 7:23 : 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Gen 39:14 : 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Prov 29:8 : 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek 13:18 : 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Luke 15:13-15 : 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke 15:30 : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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