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Proverbs 1:19 Interlinear

“ So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain the life of the owners which taketh away”

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Proverbs 1 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כֵּ֗ן	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
2	אָ֭רְחוֹת	H734	So are the ways	a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
3	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4	בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ	H1214	of every one that is greedy	to break off, i.e., (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
5	בָּ֑צַע	H1215	of gain	plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
6	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7	נֶ֖פֶשׁ	H5315	the life	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
8	בְּעָלָ֣יו	H1167	of the owners	a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
9	יִקָּֽח׃	H3947	which taketh away	to take (in the widest variety of applications)

Proverbs 1:19 (current) So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain the life of the owners which taketh away