{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.1", "source": "בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "*Bənî* if *ʿāravtā* for *rēʿeḵā* *tāqaʿtā* for-the-*zār* *kappeyḵā*", "grammar": { "*Bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my son", "*ʿāravtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have become surety/pledged", "*rēʿeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor/friend", "*tāqaʿtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have struck/clasped", "*zār*": "adjective, masculine singular - stranger/foreigner", "*kappeyḵā*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your palms/hands" }, "variants": { "*ʿāravtā*": "pledged yourself/given security/became surety", "*tāqaʿtā*": "struck/clasped/given your hands", "*zār*": "stranger/foreigner/another person" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.2", "source": "נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃", "text": "*nôqaštā* in-*ʾimrê*-*pîḵā* *nilkadtā* in-*ʾimrê*-*pîḵā*", "grammar": { "*nôqaštā*": "verb, niphal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have been snared/entrapped", "*ʾimrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - words/sayings of", "*pîḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mouth", "*nilkadtā*": "verb, niphal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have been caught/captured" }, "variants": { "*nôqaštā*": "entrapped/ensnared/caught in a trap", "*nilkadtā*": "captured/caught/taken" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.3", "source": "עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "*ʿăśēh* *zōʾt* *ʾêfôʾ* *bənî* *wəhinnāṣēl* because *vāʾtā* in-*ḵap*-*rēʿeḵā* *lēḵ* *hitrappēs* and-*rəhav* *rēʿeyḵā*", "grammar": { "*ʿăśēh*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - do/make", "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*ʾêfôʾ*": "adverb - then/therefore/now", "*bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son", "*wəhinnāṣēl*": "conjunction + verb, niphal imperative masculine singular - and be delivered/rescued", "*vāʾtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have come/entered", "*ḵap*": "noun, feminine singular construct - palm/hand of", "*rēʿeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor/friend", "*lēḵ*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go", "*hitrappēs*": "verb, hithpael imperative masculine singular - humble yourself/prostrate yourself", "*rəhav*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - urge/press/importune", "*rēʿeyḵā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbors/friends" }, "variants": { "*ʾêfôʾ*": "then/therefore/now", "*hitrappēs*": "humble yourself/prostrate yourself/submit yourself", "*rəhav*": "urge/press/importune/be insistent with" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.4", "source": "אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃", "text": "Not-*tittēn* *šēnāh* to-*ʿêneḵā* and-*tənûmāh* to-*ʿapʿappeḵā*", "grammar": { "*tittēn*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you give/allow", "*šēnāh*": "noun, feminine singular - sleep", "*ʿêneḵā*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*tənûmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - slumber/drowsiness", "*ʿapʿappeḵā*": "noun, masculine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyelids" }, "variants": { "*tənûmāh*": "slumber/drowsiness/dozing" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.5", "source": "הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ פ", "text": "*hinnāṣēl* like-*ṣəvî* from-*yād* and-like-*ṣippôr* from-*yad* *yāqûš*", "grammar": { "*hinnāṣēl*": "verb, niphal imperative masculine singular - be delivered/rescue yourself", "*ṣəvî*": "noun, masculine singular - gazelle/deer", "*yād*": "noun, feminine singular - hand", "*ṣippôr*": "noun, feminine singular - bird", "*yāqûš*": "noun, masculine singular - fowler/trapper" }, "variants": { "*hinnāṣēl*": "deliver yourself/escape/be rescued", "*ṣəvî*": "gazelle/deer/roe", "*yāqûš*": "fowler/bird trapper/hunter" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.6", "source": "לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃", "text": "*lēḵ*-to-*nəmālāh* *ʿāṣēl* *rəʾēh* *dərāḵeyhā* and-*ḥăḵām*", "grammar": { "*lēḵ*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go", "*nəmālāh*": "noun, feminine singular - ant", "*ʿāṣēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - sluggard/lazy person", "*rəʾēh*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - see/observe", "*dərāḵeyhā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her ways", "*ḥăḵām*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - be wise" }, "variants": { "*ʿāṣēl*": "sluggard/lazy person/slothful one" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.7", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃", "text": "which *ʾēyn*-to-her *qāṣîn* *šōṭēr* and-*mōšēl*", "grammar": { "*ʾēyn*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*qāṣîn*": "noun, masculine singular - chief/commander/ruler", "*šōṭēr*": "noun, masculine singular - officer/official", "*mōšēl*": "noun, masculine singular - ruler/governor" }, "variants": { "*qāṣîn*": "chief/leader/commander", "*šōṭēr*": "officer/overseer/official", "*mōšēl*": "ruler/governor/one who exercises authority" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.8", "source": "תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃", "text": "*tāḵîn* in-the-*qayiṣ* *laḥmāh* *ʾāḡərāh* in-the-*qāṣîr* *maʾăḵālāh*", "grammar": { "*tāḵîn*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she prepares", "*qayiṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - summer/summer fruit", "*laḥmāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her bread/food", "*ʾāḡərāh*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she gathers/stores up", "*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest", "*maʾăḵālāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her food" }, "variants": { "*qayiṣ*": "summer/summer fruit/season of fruits", "*laḥmāh*": "her bread/her food/her provisions", "*qāṣîr*": "harvest/harvest time" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.9", "source": "עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "Until-when *ʿāṣēl* *tiškāv* when *tāqûm* from-*šənāteḵā*", "grammar": { "*ʿāṣēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - sluggard/lazy person", "*tiškāv*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will lie down", "*tāqûm*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will arise", "*šənāteḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sleep" }, "variants": { "*ʿāṣēl*": "sluggard/lazy person/slothful one", "*tiškāv*": "you will lie down/you continue to lie" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.10", "source": "מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃", "text": "A-little *šēnôt* a-little *tənûmôt* a-little *ḥibbūq* *yādayim* to-*liškāv*", "grammar": { "*šēnôt*": "noun, feminine plural - sleeps", "*tənûmôt*": "noun, feminine plural - slumbers", "*ḥibbūq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - folding of", "*yādayim*": "noun, feminine dual - hands", "*liškāv*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to lie down" }, "variants": { "*šēnôt*": "sleeps/periods of sleep", "*tənûmôt*": "slumbers/periods of drowsiness", "*ḥibbūq*": "folding/clasping/embracing" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.11", "source": "וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃ פ", "text": "And-*vāʾ*-like-*məhallēḵ* *rēʾšeḵā* and-*maḥsōrḵā* like-*ʾîš* *māḡēn*", "grammar": { "*vāʾ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he/it will come", "*məhallēḵ*": "noun, piel participle masculine singular - one who walks/traveler", "*rēʾšeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your poverty", "*maḥsōrḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your want/need", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*māḡēn*": "noun, masculine singular - shield/armed man" }, "variants": { "*məhallēḵ*": "traveler/wanderer/prowler", "*rēʾšeḵā*": "your poverty/your destitution", "*māḡēn*": "shield/armed man/man with a shield" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.12", "source": "אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃", "text": "*ʾādām* *bəliyyaʿal* *ʾîš* *ʾāwen* *hôlēḵ* *ʿiqqəšût* *peh*", "grammar": { "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/human", "*bəliyyaʿal*": "noun, masculine singular - worthlessness/wickedness", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - wickedness/iniquity", "*hôlēḵ*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - walking/going", "*ʿiqqəšût*": "noun, feminine singular construct - crookedness/perversity of", "*peh*": "noun, masculine singular - mouth" }, "variants": { "*bəliyyaʿal*": "worthlessness/wickedness/vileness", "*ʾāwen*": "wickedness/iniquity/trouble", "*ʿiqqəšût*": "crookedness/perversity/distortion" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.13", "source": "קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑ו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃", "text": "*qōrēṣ* with-*ʿênāw* *mōlēl* with-*raḡlāw* *mōreh* with-*ʾeṣbəʿōtāyw*", "grammar": { "*qōrēṣ*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - winking", "*ʿênāw*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes", "*mōlēl*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - speaking/signaling", "*raḡlāw*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his feet", "*mōreh*": "verb, hiphil participle masculine singular - pointing/directing", "*ʾeṣbəʿōtāyw*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his fingers" }, "variants": { "*qōrēṣ*": "winking/pinching/squinting", "*mōlēl*": "speaking/signaling/shuffling", "*mōreh*": "pointing/directing/teaching" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.14", "source": "תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת ׀ בְּלִבּ֗וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּכָל־עֵ֑ת *מדנים **מִדְיָנִ֥ים יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃", "text": "*tahpuḵôt* in-*libbô* *ḥōrēš* *rāʿ* in-all-*ʿēt* *midyānîm* *yəšallēaḥ*", "grammar": { "*tahpuḵôt*": "noun, feminine plural - perversities/perverse things", "*libbô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his heart", "*ḥōrēš*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - plowing/devising", "*rāʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - evil/wickedness", "*ʿēt*": "noun, feminine singular - time", "*midyānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - strifes/contentions", "*yəšallēaḥ*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he sends out/spreads" }, "variants": { "*tahpuḵôt*": "perversities/perverse things/frowardness", "*ḥōrēš*": "plowing/devising/plotting", "*rāʿ*": "evil/wickedness/harm", "*midyānîm*": "strifes/contentions/disputes" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.15", "source": "עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פ", "text": "Therefore *pitʾōm* *yāvôʾ* *ʾêdô* *petaʿ* *yiššāvēr* and-*ʾên* *marpēʾ*", "grammar": { "*pitʾōm*": "adverb - suddenly/quickly", "*yāvôʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he/it will come", "*ʾêdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his calamity/disaster", "*petaʿ*": "adverb - suddenly/in an instant", "*yiššāvēr*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be broken/shattered", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*marpēʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - healing/remedy" }, "variants": { "*ʾêdô*": "his calamity/his disaster/his destruction", "*yiššāvēr*": "will be broken/will be shattered/will be crushed", "*marpēʾ*": "healing/remedy/cure" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.16", "source": "שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע *תועבות **תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃", "text": "Six-of-them *śānēʾ* *YHWH* and-seven *tôʿăvat* *napšô*", "grammar": { "*śānēʾ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he hates", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD", "*tôʿăvat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - abomination of", "*napšô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul" }, "variants": { "*śānēʾ*": "hates/detests", "*tôʿăvat*": "abomination of/detestable thing of" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.17", "source": "עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מוֹת לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝יָדַ֗יִם שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת דָּם־נָקִֽי׃", "text": "*ʿênayim* *rāmôt* *ləšôn* *šāqer* and-*yādayim* *šōpḵôt* *dām*-*nāqî*", "grammar": { "*ʿênayim*": "noun, feminine dual - eyes", "*rāmôt*": "adjective, feminine plural - haughty/lofty", "*ləšôn*": "noun, feminine singular construct - tongue of", "*šāqer*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood/lie", "*yādayim*": "noun, feminine dual - hands", "*šōpḵôt*": "verb, qal participle feminine plural - pouring out/shedding", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular construct - blood of", "*nāqî*": "adjective, masculine singular - innocent" }, "variants": { "*rāmôt*": "haughty/lofty/proud", "*šāqer*": "falsehood/lie/deception", "*šōpḵôt*": "pouring out/shedding/spilling" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.18", "source": "לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹת לָר֥וּץ לָֽרָעָה׃", "text": "*lēv* *ḥōrēš* *maḥšəvôt* *ʾāwen* *raḡlayim* *məmahărôt* to-*lārûṣ* to-*lārāʿāh*", "grammar": { "*lēv*": "noun, masculine singular - heart", "*ḥōrēš*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - plowing/devising", "*maḥšəvôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - thoughts/plans of", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - wickedness/iniquity", "*raḡlayim*": "noun, feminine dual - feet", "*məmahărôt*": "verb, piel participle feminine plural - hastening/hurrying", "*lārûṣ*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to run", "*lārāʿāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - to evil" }, "variants": { "*ḥōrēš*": "plowing/devising/plotting", "*maḥšəvôt*": "thoughts/plans/schemes", "*ʾāwen*": "wickedness/iniquity/trouble", "*məmahărôt*": "hastening/hurrying/swift" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.19", "source": "יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ מְ֝דָנִ֗ים בֵּ֣ין אַחִֽים׃ פ", "text": "*yāpîaḥ* *kəzāvîm* *ʿēd* *šāqer* and-*məšallēaḥ* *mədānîm* between *ʾaḥîm*", "grammar": { "*yāpîaḥ*": "verb, hiphil participle masculine singular - breathing out/uttering", "*kəzāvîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lies", "*ʿēd*": "noun, masculine singular - witness", "*šāqer*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood/lie", "*məšallēaḥ*": "verb, piel participle masculine singular - sending out/causing", "*mədānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - strifes/contentions", "*ʾaḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - brothers" }, "variants": { "*yāpîaḥ*": "breathing out/uttering/puffing out", "*kəzāvîm*": "lies/falsehoods/untruths", "*mədānîm*": "strifes/contentions/quarrels" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.20", "source": "נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃", "text": "*nəṣōr* *bənî* *miṣwat* *ʾāvîḵā* and-not-*tiṭṭōš* *tôrat* *ʾimmeḵā*", "grammar": { "*nəṣōr*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - keep/guard", "*bənî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son", "*miṣwat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - commandment of", "*ʾāvîḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father", "*tiṭṭōš*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you forsake", "*tôrat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - teaching/instruction of", "*ʾimmeḵā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mother" }, "variants": { "*nəṣōr*": "keep/guard/preserve", "*miṣwat*": "commandment/precept", "*tiṭṭōš*": "forsake/abandon/reject", "*tôrat*": "teaching/instruction/law" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.21", "source": "קָשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "*qāšrēm* upon-*libbəḵā* *tāmîd* *ʿāndēm* upon-*gargerōteḵā*", "grammar": { "*qāšrēm*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - bind them", "*libbəḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart", "*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always", "*ʿāndēm*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - tie them", "*gargerōteḵā*": "noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neck/throat" }, "variants": { "*qāšrēm*": "bind them/tie them", "*ʿāndēm*": "tie them/hang them", "*gargerōteḵā*": "your neck/your throat" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.22", "source": "בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀ תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗ךְ בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑יךָ וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃", "text": "In-*bəhithalleḵḵā* *tanḥeh* *ʾōtāḵ* in-*bəšāḵbəḵā* *tišmōr* upon-you and-*wahăqîṣôtā* *hîʾ* *təśîḥeḵā*", "grammar": { "*bəhithalleḵḵā*": "preposition + verb, hithpael infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your walking", "*tanḥeh*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she will lead/guide", "*ʾōtāḵ*": "direct object marker with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - you", "*bəšāḵbəḵā*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your lying down", "*tišmōr*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she will keep/guard", "*wahăqîṣôtā*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you have awakened", "*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - she", "*təśîḥeḵā*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - she will talk with you" }, "variants": { "*bəhithalleḵḵā*": "in your walking/when you walk", "*tanḥeh*": "will lead/will guide", "*bəšāḵbəḵā*": "in your lying down/when you sleep", "*tišmōr*": "will keep/will guard/will watch over", "*təśîḥeḵā*": "will talk with you/will meditate with you/will communicate with you" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.23", "source": "כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃", "text": "For *nēr* *miṣwāh* and-*tôrāh* *ʾôr* and-*dereḵ* *ḥayyîm* *tôḵəḥôt* *mûsār*", "grammar": { "*nēr*": "noun, masculine singular - lamp", "*miṣwāh*": "noun, feminine singular - commandment", "*tôrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - teaching/instruction", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light", "*dereḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - life", "*tôḵəḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - reproofs of", "*mûsār*": "noun, masculine singular - discipline/instruction" }, "variants": { "*nēr*": "lamp/light", "*miṣwāh*": "commandment/precept", "*tôrāh*": "teaching/instruction/law", "*tôḵəḥôt*": "reproofs/corrections/rebukes", "*mûsār*": "discipline/instruction/correction" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.24", "source": "לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃", "text": "To-*lišmārḵā* from-*ʾēšet* *rāʿ* from-*meḥelqat* *lāšôn* *nāḵriyyāh*", "grammar": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*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" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.25", "source": "אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃", "text": "Not-*taḥmōd* *yāpyāh* in-*bilvāveḵā* and-not-*tiqqāḥăḵā* with-*beʿapʿappeyhā*", "grammar": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*taḥmōd*": "desire/covet/lust after", "*tiqqāḥăḵā*": "take you/capture you/seize you" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.26", "source": "כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃ פ", "text": "For on-account-of-*ʾiššāh* *zônāh* up-to-*kikkar* *lāḥem* and-*ʾēšet* *ʾîš* *nepeš* *yəqārāh* *tāṣûd*", "grammar": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*zônāh*": "prostituting/being a harlot", "*kikkar*": "loaf/round/circle", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/self", "*yəqārāh*": "precious/valuable/rare", "*tāṣûd*": "hunts/captures/seeks" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.27", "source": "הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃", "text": "Can-*yaḥteh* *ʾîš* *ʾēš* in-*ḥêqô* and-*bəḡādāyw* not *tiśśārapnāh*", "grammar": { "*yaḥteh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he takes/carries", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*ʾēš*": "noun, feminine singular - fire", "*ḥêqô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bosom", "*bəḡādāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his garments", "*tiśśārapnāh*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will be burned" }, "variants": { "*yaḥteh*": "takes/carries/scoops up", "*ḥêqô*": "his bosom/his lap/his chest", "*tiśśārapnāh*": "will be burned/will be scorched" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.28", "source": "אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃", "text": "If-*yəhallēḵ* *ʾîš* upon-the-*geḥālîm* and-*raḡlāyw* not *tikkāweynāh*", "grammar": { "*yəhallēḵ*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he walks", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*geḥālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - coals", "*raḡlāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his feet", "*tikkāweynāh*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will be burned/scorched" }, "variants": { "*yəhallēḵ*": "walks/goes", "*geḥālîm*": "coals/burning coals", "*tikkāweynāh*": "will be burned/will be scorched" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.29", "source": "כֵּ֗ן הַ֭בָּא אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּֽהּ׃", "text": "Thus the-one-*habbāʾ* to-*ʾēšet* *rēʿēhû* not *yinnāqeh* all the-one-*hannōḡēaʿ* in-her", "grammar": { "*habbāʾ*": "article + verb, qal participle masculine singular - the one who comes/goes", "*ʾēšet*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wife of", "*rēʿēhû*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his neighbor", "*yinnāqeh*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be innocent/go unpunished", "*hannōḡēaʿ*": "article + verb, qal participle masculine singular - the one who touches" }, "variants": { "*habbāʾ*": "the one who comes/the one who enters", "*yinnāqeh*": "will be innocent/will go unpunished/will be free", "*hannōḡēaʿ*": "the one who touches/the one who makes contact with" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.30", "source": "לֹא־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנ֑וֹב לְמַלֵּ֥א נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ כִּ֣י יִרְעָֽב׃", "text": "Not-*yāvûzû* to-the-*gannāv* when *yiḡnôv* to-*mallēʾ* *napšô* when *yirʿāv*", "grammar": { "*yāvûzû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they despise/hold in contempt", "*gannāv*": "noun, masculine singular - thief", "*yiḡnôv*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he steals", "*mallēʾ*": "verb, piel infinitive construct - to fill", "*napšô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/appetite", "*yirʿāv*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he is hungry" }, "variants": { "*yāvûzû*": "despise/hold in contempt/scorn", "*mallēʾ*": "to fill/to satisfy", "*napšô*": "his soul/his appetite/himself", "*yirʿāv*": "is hungry/starves" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.31", "source": "וְ֭נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם אֶת־כָּל־ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣וֹ יִתֵּֽן׃", "text": "And-*nimṣāʾ* *yəšallēm* *šivʿātāyim* *ʾet*-all-*hôn* *bêtô* *yittēn*", "grammar": { "*nimṣāʾ*": "verb, niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he is found/caught", "*yəšallēm*": "verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will repay/restore", "*šivʿātāyim*": "adverb - sevenfold", "*hôn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - wealth/substance of", "*bêtô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his house", "*yittēn*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will give" }, "variants": { "*nimṣāʾ*": "is found/is caught", "*yəšallēm*": "will repay/will restore/will make restitution", "*hôn*": "wealth/substance/goods" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.32", "source": "נֹאֵ֣ף אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃", "text": "*nōʾēp* *ʾiššāh* lacking-*lēv* *mašḥît* *napšô* he *yaʿăśennāh*", "grammar": { "*nōʾēp*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular - committing adultery with", "*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman", "*lēv*": "noun, masculine singular - heart/mind", "*mašḥît*": "verb, hiphil participle masculine singular - destroying", "*napšô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul", "*yaʿăśennāh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he does it" }, "variants": { "*nōʾēp*": "committing adultery with/being unfaithful with", "*lēv*": "heart/mind/understanding", "*mašḥît*": "destroying/ruining", "*napšô*": "his soul/his life/himself" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.33", "source": "נֶֽגַע־וְקָל֥וֹן יִמְצָ֑א וְ֝חֶרְפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א תִמָּחֶֽה׃", "text": "*neḡaʿ*-and-*qālôn* *yimṣāʾ* and-*ḥerpātô* not *timmāḥeh*", "grammar": { "*neḡaʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - wound/plague", "*qālôn*": "noun, masculine singular - shame/disgrace", "*yimṣāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will find", "*ḥerpātô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his reproach", "*timmāḥeh*": "verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will be wiped away" }, "variants": { "*neḡaʿ*": "wound/plague/injury", "*qālôn*": "shame/disgrace/dishonor", "*ḥerpātô*": "his reproach/his disgrace/his shame", "*timmāḥeh*": "will be wiped away/will be blotted out/will be erased" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.34", "source": "כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃", "text": "For-*qinʾāh* *ḥămat*-*gāver* and-not-*yaḥmōl* in-*yôm* *nāqām*", "grammar": { "*qinʾāh*": "noun, feminine singular - jealousy", "*ḥămat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - fury/wrath of", "*gāver*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*yaḥmōl*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will spare/have compassion", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day", "*nāqām*": "noun, masculine singular - vengeance" }, "variants": { "*qinʾāh*": "jealousy/zeal", "*ḥămat*": "fury/wrath/rage", "*yaḥmōl*": "will spare/will have compassion/will pity", "*nāqām*": "vengeance/revenge" } }

{ "verseID": "Proverbs.6.35", "source": "לֹא־יִ֭שָּׂא פְּנֵ֣י כָל־כֹּ֑פֶר וְלֹֽא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה כִּ֣י תַרְבֶּה־שֹֽׁחַד׃ פ", "text": "Not-*yiśśāʾ* *pənê* any-*kōper* and-not-*yōʾveh* though *tarbeh*-*šōḥad*", "grammar": { "*yiśśāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will accept/lift up", "*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of", "*kōper*": "noun, masculine singular - ransom/bribe", "*yōʾveh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be willing/consent", "*tarbeh*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you increase/multiply", "*šōḥad*": "noun, masculine singular - gift/present/bribe" }, "variants": { "*yiśśāʾ* *pənê*": "will accept/will show favor to/will regard", "*kōper*": "ransom/bribe/payment", "*yōʾveh*": "will be willing/will consent/will agree", "*tarbeh*": "increase/multiply/make great", "*šōḥad*": "gift/present/bribe" } }