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Proverbs 6:1 Interlinear

“My son if thou be surety for thy friend if thou hast stricken with a stranger thy hand”

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Proverbs 6 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בְּ֭נִי	H1121	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
2	אִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
3	עָרַ֣בְתָּ	H6148	if thou be surety	to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
4	לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ	H7453	for thy friend	an associate (more or less close)
5	תָּקַ֖עְתָּ	H8628	if thou hast stricken	to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become
6	לַזָּ֣ר	H2114	with a stranger	to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
7	כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃	H3709	thy hand	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-

Proverbs 6:1 (current)My son if thou be surety for thy friend if thou hast stricken with a stranger thy hand