Proverbs 7:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵד֗וֹ כְּמַהֵ֣ר צִפּ֣וֹר אֶל־פָּ֑ח וְלֹֽא־יָ֝דַ֗ע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

Until yĕp̄allaḥ ḥēṣ his kĕḇēḏô, like mahēr ṣippôr to pāḥ, and not he yāḏaʿ that in his nap̄šô it is.

Grammar Details

*yĕp̄allaḥ*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it pierces/splits
*ḥēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - arrow
*kĕḇēḏô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his liver
*mahēr*: verb, piel participle, masculine singular - hastening
*ṣippôr*: noun, masculine singular - bird
*pāḥ*: noun, masculine singular - trap/snare
*yāḏaʿ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows
*nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his life/soul

Word Meanings

*yĕp̄allaḥ*: pierces/splits/cleaves
*kĕḇēḏô*: liver/inner being
*nap̄šô*: life/soul/self

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Num 25:8-9 : 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Prov 1:17 : 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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