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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them . (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אֹ֣רַח'O.rach[the] path of

Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734

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

Meaning: way

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 1

חַ֭יִּיםChai.yimlife

Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E

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

Meaning: life

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 2

פֶּן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 3

תְּפַלֵּ֑סte.fa.Lesshe should make level

Lemma: פָּלַס (pa.las) · Strong's: H6424

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to envy

Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 58:2, Psalms 78:50, Proverbs 4:26, Proverbs 5:21, Isaiah 26:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6424; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 4

נָע֥וּna.'Uthey wander

Lemma: נוּעַ (nu.a) · Strong's: H5128

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to shake

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, Exodus 20:18, Numbers 32:13, Judges 9:9, Judges 9:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5128; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 5

מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָma'.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 5:6 word 6

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 7

תֵדָֽע\׃\ \פte.Da'she knows

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

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

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 5:6 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

She does not	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
consider	→	פָּלַס H6424 to envy
the path	→	אֹ֫רַח H0734 way
of life	→	חַיִּים H2416E life
she does not	→	לֹא H3808 not
know that	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
her ways	→	מַעְגָּל H4570 track
are unstable	→	נוּעַ H5128 to shake

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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