Proverbs 6:24 Go deeper

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָLish.ma.re.khato keep you

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to keep: guard

Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Proverbs 6:24 word 1

מֵאֵ֣שֶׁתme.'E.shetfrom a woman of

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G

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

Meaning: woman

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:24 word 2

רָ֑עRa'evil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 6:24 word 3

מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗תme.chel.Katfrom smoothness of

Lemma: חֶלְקָה (chel.qah) · Strong's: H2513B

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

Meaning: smoothness

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 27:16, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 73:18, Isaiah 30:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2513B; TAHOT Proverbs 6:24 word 4

לָשׁ֥וֹןla.Shontongue

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:24 word 5

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 6:24 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

to keep you	→	שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard
from the evil	→	רַע H7451B bad: evil
woman	→	אִשָּׁה H0802G woman
from the smooth	→	חֶלְקָה H2513B smoothness
tongue	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
of the adulteress	→	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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