Proverbs 2:18 Go deeper

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. (KJV)

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כִּ֤יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 1

שָׁ֣חָהSha.chahshe sank down

Lemma: שׁוּחַ (shu.ach) · Strong's: H7743

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to sink

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 44:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7743; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 3

מָ֣וֶתMa.vetdeath

Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: death

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 4

בֵּיתָ֑הּbei.Tahhouse her

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 5

וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 6

רְ֝פָאִ֗יםre.fa.'Im[the] shades

Lemma: רְפָאִים (ra.pah) · Strong's: H7496

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: shade

Used 8 times. Also: Job 26:5, Psalms 88:10, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 21:16, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 26:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7496; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 7

מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ\׃ma'.ge.lo.Tei.hatracks her

Lemma: מַעְגָּל (ma.gal) · Strong's: H4570

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: track

Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:20, 1 Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:7, Psalms 17:5, Psalms 23:3, Psalms 65:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4570; TAHOT Proverbs 2:18 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
her house	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
sinks down	→	שׁוּחַ H7743 to sink
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
death	→	מָ֫וֶת H4194 death
and her tracks	→	מַעְגָּל H4570 track
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the departed spirits	→	רְפָאִים H7496 shade

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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