Proverbs 5:20 Go deeper

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? (KJV)

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וְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Proverbs 5:20 word 1

תִשְׁגֶּ֣הtish.Gehwill you go astray

Lemma: שָׁגָה (sha.gah) · Strong's: H7686

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to wander

Used 21 times. Also: Leviticus 4:13, Numbers 15:22, Deuteronomy 27:18, 1 Samuel 26:21, Job 6:24, Job 12:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7686; TAHOT Proverbs 5:20 word 2

בְנִ֣יve.NiO son my

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

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

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:20 word 3

בְזָרָ֑הve.za.Rahwith a strange [woman]

Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A

Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)

Meaning: be a stranger

Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 29:33, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2114A; TAHOT Proverbs 5:20 word 4

וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗קu.te.cha.Bek<so> may you embrace?

Lemma: חָבַק (cha.vaq) · Strong's: H2263

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpu2ms)

Meaning: to embrace

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 48:10, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 24:8, Proverbs 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2263; TAHOT Proverbs 5:20 word 5

חֵ֣קchek[the] bosom of

Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436G

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

Meaning: bosom: embrace

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Numbers 11:12, Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56, Ruth 4:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2436G; TAHOT Proverbs 5:20 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 5:20 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Why	→	מָה H4100 what?
be captivated	→	שָׁגָה H7686 to wander
my son	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
by an adulteress	→	זוּר H2114A be a stranger
or embrace	→	חָבַק H2263 to embrace
the bosom	→	חֵיק H2436G bosom: embrace
of a stranger	→	נׇכְרִי H5237 foreign

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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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