Proverbs 23:27 Go deeper

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כִּֽי\־ki-for

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 23:27 word 1

שׁוּחָ֣הshu.Chah[is] a pit

Lemma: שׁוּחָה (shu.chah) · Strong's: H7745

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: pit

Used 4 times. Also: Proverbs 22:14, Jeremiah 2:6, Jeremiah 18:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7745; TAHOT Proverbs 23:27 word 2

עֲמֻקָּ֣ה'a.mu.Kahdeep

Lemma: עָמֹק (a.moq) · Strong's: H6013

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: deep

Used 17 times. Also: Leviticus 13:3, Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:25, Leviticus 13:30, Leviticus 13:31, Leviticus 13:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6013; TAHOT Proverbs 23:27 word 3

זוֹנָ֑הzo.Naha prostitute

Lemma: זָנָה (za.nah) · Strong's: H2181

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)

Meaning: to fornicate

Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 34:31, Genesis 38:15, Genesis 38:24, Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Leviticus 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2181; TAHOT Proverbs 23:27 word 4

וּבְאֵ֥רu.ve.'Erand [is] a well

Lemma: בְּאֵר (be.er) · Strong's: H0875

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: well

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 14:10, Genesis 16:14, Genesis 21:19, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 21:30, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0875; TAHOT Proverbs 23:27 word 5

צָ֝רָ֗הtza.Rahnarrow

Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: narrow

Used 8 times. Also: Numbers 22:26, 1 Samuel 2:32, 2 Kings 6:1, Job 41:15, Proverbs 24:10, Isaiah 49:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6862A; TAHOT Proverbs 23:27 word 6

נָכְרִיָּֽה\׃na.khe.ri.Yaha foreign [woman]

Lemma: נׇכְרִי (nokh.ri) · Strong's: H5237

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: foreign

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 31:15, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3, Exodus 21:8, Deuteronomy 14:21, Deuteronomy 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5237; TAHOT Proverbs 23:27 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
a prostitute	→	זָנָה H2181 to fornicate
is a deep	→	עָמֹק H6013 deep
pit	→	שׁוּחָה H7745 pit
and an adulteress	→	נׇכְרִי H5237 foreign
is a narrow	→	צַר H6862A narrow
well	→	בְּאֵר H0875 well

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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