Proverbs 6:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth 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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Referenced Verses

Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.
1 Sam 2:36 : 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
Prov 5:10 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
Prov 7:23 : 23 Till an arrow 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 a 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 Scoffers {H582} set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
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 he wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke 15:30 : 30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

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