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Proverbs 5— explore original Hebrew and Greek words with Strong's concordance.

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Verse 1

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	בְּ֭נִי､	bə·nî	My son	H1121
1	לְחָכְמָתִ֣י､	lə·ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯî	to my wisdom	H2451
2	הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה	haq·šî·ḇāh;	pay attention	H7181
3	לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י–	liṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯî,	to my understanding	H8394
4	הַט־	haṭ-	Lend	H5186
5	אָזְנֶֽךָ׃.	’ā·zə·ne·ḵā.	your ear	H0241

Verse 2

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	לִשְׁמֹ֥ר	liš·mōr	That you may preserve	H8104
1	מְזִמּ֑וֹת､	mə·zim·mō·wṯ;	discretion	H4209
2	וְ֝דַ֗עַת	wə·ḏa·‘aṯ,	and knowledge	H1847
3	שְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ	śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā	your lips	H8193
4	יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃.	yin·ṣō·rū.	may keep	H5341

Verse 3

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	כִּ֤י	kî	For	H3588
1	נֹ֣פֶת､	nō·p̄eṯ	honey	H5317
2	תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה	tiṭ·ṭō·p̄ə·nāh	drip	H5197
3	שִׂפְתֵ֣י	śip̄·ṯê	the lips	H8193
4	זָרָ֑ה	zā·rāh;	of an immoral woman	H2114
5	וְחָלָ֖ק	wə·ḥā·lāq	and smoother	H2509
6	מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן–	miš·še·men	than oil	H8081
7	חִכָּֽהּ׃.	ḥik·kāh.	her mouth [is]	H2441

Verse 4

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ	wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh	But in the end	H0319
1	מָרָ֣ה	mā·rāh	she is bitter	H4751
2	כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה､	ḵal·la·‘ă·nāh;	as wormwood	H3939
3	חַ֝דָּ֗ה	ḥad·dāh,	Sharp	H2299
4	כְּחֶ֣רֶב	kə·ḥe·reḇ	as a sword	H2719
5	פִּיּֽוֹת׃.	pî·yō·wṯ.	two-edged	H6310

Verse 5

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	רַ֭גְלֶיהָ	raḡ·le·hā	Her feet	H7272
1	יֹרְד֣וֹת	yō·rə·ḏō·wṯ	go down	H3381
2	מָ֑וֶת–	mā·weṯ;	to death	H4194
3	שְׁ֝א֗וֹל	’ō·wl,	of hell	H7585
4	צְעָדֶ֥יהָ	ṣə·‘ā·ḏe·hā	Her steps	H6806
5	יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃.	yiṯ·mō·ḵū.	lay hold	H8551

Verse 6

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אֹ֣רַח	’ō·raḥ	[her] path	H0734
1	חַ֭יִּים､	ḥay·yîm	of life	H2416
2	פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435
3	תְּפַלֵּ֑ס	tə·p̄al·lês;	you ponder	H6424
4	נָע֥וּ､	nā·‘ū	are unstable	H5128
5	מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ	ma‘·gə·lō·ṯe·hā,	Her ways	H4570
6	לֹ֣א	lō	not	H3808
7	תֵדָֽע׃.	ṯê·ḏā‘.	You do know [them]	H3045
8	פ	p̄	-

Verse 7

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְעַתָּ֣ה	wə·‘at·tāh	Therefore now	H6258
1	בָ֭נִים､	ḇā·nîm	[my] children	H1121
2	שִׁמְעוּ־	šim·‘ū-	hear	H8085
3	לִ֑י	lî;	me
4	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	and not	H0408
5	תָּ֝ס֗וּרוּ	tā·sū·rū,	do depart	H5493
6	מֵאִמְרֵי־	mê·’im·rê-	from the words	H0561
7	פִֽי׃.	p̄î.	of my mouth	H6310

Verse 8

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	הַרְחֵ֣ק	har·ḥêq	Remove far	H7368
1	מֵעָלֶ֣יהָ	mê·‘ā·le·hā	from her	H5921
2	דַרְכֶּ֑ךָ	ḏar·ke·ḵā;	your way	H1870
3	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	and not	H0408
4	תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב	tiq·raḇ,	do go near	H7126
5	אֶל־	’el-	to	H0413
6	פֶּ֥תַח	pe·ṯaḥ	the door	H6607
7	בֵּיתָֽהּ׃､	bê·ṯāh.	of her house	H1004

Verse 9

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435
1	תִּתֵּ֣ן	tit·tên	you give	H5414
2	לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים､	la·’ă·ḥê·rîm	to others	H0312
3	הוֹדֶ֑ךָ	hō·w·ḏe·ḵā;	your honor	H1935
4	וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ	ū·šə·nō·ṯe·ḵā,	and your years	H8141
5	לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃–	lə·’aḵ·zā·rî.	to the cruel [one]	H0394

Verse 10

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	פֶּֽן־	pen-	lest	H6435
1	יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ	yiś·bə·‘ū	be filled	H7646
2	זָרִ֣ים	zā·rîm	aliens	H2114
3	כֹּחֶ֑ךָ–	kō·ḥe·ḵā;	with your wealth	H3581
4	וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ	wa·‘ă·ṣā·ḇe·ḵā,	and your labors [go]	H6089
5	בְּבֵ֣ית	bə·ḇêṯ	to the house	H1004
6	נָכְרִֽי׃–	nā·ḵə·rî.	of a foreigner	H5237

Verse 11

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְנָהַמְתָּ֥	wə·nā·ham·tā	and you mourn	H5098
1	בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ､	ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā;	at last	H0319
2	בִּכְל֥וֹת､	biḵ·lō·wṯ	when are consumed	H3615
3	בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗	bə·śā·rə·ḵā,	your flesh	H1320
4	וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃.	ū·šə·’ê·re·ḵā.	and your body	H7607

Verse 12

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗､	wə·’ā·mar·tā,	And say	H0559
1	אֵ֭יךְ	’êḵ	how	H0349
2	שָׂנֵ֣אתִי	śā·nê·ṯî	I have hated	H8130
3	מוּסָ֑ר､	mū·sār;	instruction	H4148
4	וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת–	wə·ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ,	and correction	H8433
5	נָאַ֥ץ	nā·’aṣ	despised	H5006
6	לִבִּֽי׃.	lib·bî.	my heart	H3820

Verse 13

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō·šā-	And not	H3808
1	שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי	ma‘·tî	I have obeyed	H8085
2	בְּק֣וֹל	bə·qō·wl	the voice	H6963
3	מוֹרָ֑י､	mō·w·rāy;	of my teachers	H3384
4	וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י	wə·lim·lam·mə·ḏay,	and to those who instructed me	H3925
5	לֹא־	lō-	nor	H3808
6	הִטִּ֥יתִי	hiṭ·ṭî·ṯî	inclined	H5186
7	אָזְנִֽי׃.	’ā·zə·nî.	my ear	H0241

Verse 14

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	כִּ֭מְעַט	kim·‘aṭ	On the verge	H4592
1	הָיִ֣יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	I was	H1961
2	בְכָל־	ḇə·ḵāl-	of total	H3605
3	רָ֑ע	rā‘;	ruin	H7451
4	בְּת֖וֹךְ	bə·ṯō·wḵ	in the midst	H8432
5	קָהָ֣ל	qā·hāl	of the congregation	H6951
6	וְעֵדָֽה׃.	wə·‘ê·ḏāh.	and assembly	H5712

Verse 15

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	שְׁתֵה־	šə·ṯêh-	Drink	H8354
1	מַ֥יִם	ma·yim	water	H4325
2	מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ､	mib·bō·w·re·ḵā;	from your own cistern	H0953
3	וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים	wə·nō·zə·lîm,	and running water	H5140
4	מִתּ֥וֹךְ	mit·tō·wḵ	from	H8432
5	בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃.	bə·’ê·re·ḵā.	your own well	H0875

Verse 16

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	יָפ֣וּצוּ	yā·p̄ū·ṣū	Should be dispersed	H6327
1	מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ	ma‘·yə·nō·ṯe·ḵā	your fountains	H4599
2	ח֑וּצָה､	ḥū·ṣāh;	abroad	H2351
3	בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת	bā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ,	in the streets	H7339
4	פַּלְגֵי־	pal·ḡê-	Streams	H6388
5	מָֽיִם׃.	mā·yim.	of water	H4325

Verse 17

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	יִֽהְיוּ־	yih·yū-	Let them be	H1961
1	לְךָ֥	lə·ḵā	your own
2	לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ	lə·ḇad·de·ḵā;	only	H0905
3	וְאֵ֖ין	wə·’ên	and not	H0369
4	לְזָרִ֣ים	lə·zā·rîm	for strangers	H2114
5	אִתָּֽךְ׃.	’it·tāḵ.	with you	H0854

Verse 18

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	יְהִֽי־	yə·hî-	Let be	H1961
1	מְקוֹרְךָ֥	mə·qō·wr·ḵā	your fountain	H4726
2	בָר֑וּךְ､	ḇā·rūḵ;	blessed	H1288
3	וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח	ū·śə·maḥ,	and rejoice	H8055
4	מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת	mê·’ê·šeṯ	with the wife	H0802
5	נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃.	nə·‘ū·re·ḵā.	of your youth	H5271

Verse 19

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אַיֶּ֥לֶת	’ay·ye·leṯ	[As a] deer	H0365
1	אֲהָבִ֗ים	’ă·hā·ḇîm,	of love	H0158
2	וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־–	wə·ya·‘ă·laṯ-	and a doe	H3280
3	חֵ֥ן	ḥên	graceful	H2580
4	דַּ֭דֶּיהָ	dad·de·hā	her breasts	H1717
5	יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ	yə·raw·wu·ḵā	let satisfy you	H7301
6	בְכָל־	ḇə·ḵāl-	at all	H3605
7	עֵ֑ת–	‘êṯ;	times	H6256
8	בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ	bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯāh,	with her love	H0160
9	תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה	tiš·geh	and be enraptured	H7686
10	תָמִֽיד׃.	ṯā·mîḏ.	always	H8548

Verse 20

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְלָ֤מָּה	wə·lām·māh	For why	H4100
1	תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה	ṯiš·geh	should you be enraptured	H7686
2	בְנִ֣י､	ḇə·nî	my son	H1121
3	בְזָרָ֑ה､	ḇə·zā·rāh;	by an immoral woman	H2114
4	וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק	ū·ṯə·ḥab·bêq,	and be embraced	H2263
5	חֵ֣ק	ḥêq	in the arms	H2436
6	נָכְרִיָּֽה׃؟	nā·ḵə·rî·yāh.	of a seductress	H5237

Verse 21

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	כִּ֤י	kî	for	H3588
1	נֹ֨כַח ׀	nō·ḵaḥ	[are] before	H5227
2	עֵינֵ֣י	‘ê·nê	the eyes	H5869
3	יְ֭הוָה	Yah·weh	of Yahweh	H3069
4	דַּרְכֵי־	dar·ḵê-	the ways	H1870
5	אִ֑ישׁ	’îš;	of man	H0376
6	וְֽכָל־	wə·ḵāl	and all	H3605
7	מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו	ma‘·gə·lō·ṯāw	his paths	H4570
8	מְפַלֵּֽס׃.	mə·p̄al·lês.	He ponders	H6424

Verse 22

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו‪‬	‘a·wō·w·nō·w·ṯāw,	His own iniquities	H5771
1	יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ	yil·kə·ḏu·nōw	entrap	H3920
2	אֶת־	’eṯ-	-	H0853
3	הָרָשָׁ֑ע	hā·rā·šā‘;	the wicked [man]	H7563
4	וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י	ū·ḇə·ḥaḇ·lê	and in the cords	H8551
5	חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ	ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw,	of his sin	H2403
6	יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃.	yit·tā·mêḵ.	he is caught	H2256

Verse 23

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	ה֗וּא	hū,	He	H1931
1	יָ֭מוּת	yā·mūṯ	shall die	H4191
2	בְּאֵ֣ין	bə·’ên	for lack	H0369
3	מוּסָ֑ר–	mū·sār;	of instruction	H4148
4	וּבְרֹ֖ב	ū·ḇə·rōḇ	and in the greatness	H7230
5	אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ	’iw·wal·tōw	of his folly	H0200
6	יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃.	yiš·geh.	he shall go astray	H7686
7	פ	p̄	-