Proverbs 6:25 Go deeper

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. (KJV)

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אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 1

תַּחְמֹ֣דtach.Modyou desire

Lemma: חָמַד (cha.mad) · Strong's: H2530A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)

Meaning: to desire

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 34:24, Deuteronomy 5:21, Deuteronomy 7:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2530A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 2

יָ֭פְיָהּYa.fe.yahbeauty her

Lemma: יֳפִי (yo.phi) · Strong's: H3308

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

Meaning: beauty

Used 19 times. Also: Esther 1:11, Psalms 45:11, Psalms 50:2, Proverbs 31:30, Isaiah 3:24, Isaiah 33:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3308; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 3

בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָbil.va.Ve.khain heart your

Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824

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

Meaning: heart

Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 4

וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 5

תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ti.ka.cha.khashe capture you

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqj3fs)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 6

בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ\׃be.'af.'a.Pei.hawith eyelids her

Lemma: עַפְעַף (aph.aph) · Strong's: H6079

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: eyelid

Used 10 times. Also: Job 3:9, Job 16:16, Job 41:18, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6079; TAHOT Proverbs 6:25 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Do not	→	אַל H0408 not
lust	→	חָמַד H2530A to desire
in your heart	→	לֵבָב H3824 heart
. . .	→	אַל H0408 not
for her beauty	→	יֳפִי H3308 beauty
or let her captivate you	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
with her eyes	→	עַפְעַף H6079 eyelid

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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