Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 1:18 Interlinear

for their own blood And they lay wait they lurk privily for their own lives

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְ֭הֵםH1992they (only used when emphatic)
2לְדָמָ֣םH1818for their own bloodblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
3יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּH693And they lay waitto lurk
4יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּH6845they lurk privilyto hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
5לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃H5315for their own livesproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

Verse Context

Proverbs 1:17 Surely in vain is spread the net in the sight ...
Proverbs 1:18 (current) for their own blood And they lay wait they lurk privily for their own lives
Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain ...

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