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Proverbs 5:20 Interlinear

“ be ravished And why wilt thou my son with a strange woman and embrace the bosom of a stranger”

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Proverbs 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְלָ֤מָּה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2	תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה	H7686	be ravished	to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication
3	בְנִ֣י	H1121	And why wilt thou my son	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4	בְזָרָ֑ה	H2114	with a strange woman	to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
5	וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק	H2263	and embrace	to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
6	חֵ֣ק	H2436	the bosom	the bosom (literally or figuratively)
7	נָכְרִיָּֽה׃	H5237	of a stranger	strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

Proverbs 5:20 (current) be ravished And why wilt thou my son with a strange woman and embrace the bosom of a stranger