Proverbs 5:22 Go deeper

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. (KJV)

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עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יוa.vo.no.Taviniquities his

Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G

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

Meaning: iniquity: crime

Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 1

יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹyil.ke.du.Nothey will seize him

Lemma: לָכַד (la.khad) · Strong's: H3920

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to capture

Used 121 times. Also: Numbers 21:32, Numbers 32:39, Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 2:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3920; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 2

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 3

הָרָשָׁ֑עha.ra.Sha'the wicked [person]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

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

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 4

וּבְחַבְלֵ֥יu.ve.chav.Leiand by [the] cords of

Lemma: חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)

Meaning: cord

Used 49 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 32:9, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2256M; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 5

חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹcha.ta.Tosin his

Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: sin

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2403B; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 6

יִתָּמֵֽךְ\׃yi.ta.Mekhhe will be held

Lemma: תָּמַךְ (ta.makh) · Strong's: H8551

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)

Meaning: to grasp

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 48:17, Exodus 17:12, Job 36:17, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 17:5, Psalms 41:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8551; TAHOT Proverbs 5:22 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

The iniquities	→	עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime
of a wicked man	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
entrap him	→	לָכַד H3920 to capture
the cords	→	תָּמַךְ H8551 to grasp
of his sin	→	חַטָּאת H2403B sin
entangle him	→	חֶ֫בֶל H2256M cord

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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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