Hebrew Interlinear

Proverbs 7:23 Interlinear

strike Till a dart through his liver hasteth as a bird to the snare and knoweth not that it is for his life

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1עַ֤דH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
2יְפַלַּ֪חH6398striketo slice, i.e., break open or pierce
3חֵ֡ץH2671Till a dartproperly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
4כְּֽבֵד֗וֹH3516through his liverthe liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)
5כְּמַהֵ֣רH4116hastethproperly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication)
6צִפּ֣וֹרH6833as a birda little bird (as hopping)
7אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
8פָּ֑חH6341to the snarea (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin)
9וְלֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10יָ֝דַ֗עH3045and knowethto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
11כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
12בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹH5315not that it is for his lifeproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
13הֽוּא׃H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

Verse Context

Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway as an ox to the slaughter...
Proverbs 7:23 (current) strike Till a dart through his liver hasteth as a bird to the snare and knoweth not that it is for his life
Proverbs 7:24 unto me now therefore O ye children Hearken and attend to the words...

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