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Ifאִםthey say,יֹאמְרוּ“Comeלְכָהwith us;אִתָּנוּlet us lie in waitנֶאֶרְבָהforלְblood;דָםlet us ambushנִצְפְּנָהthe innocentלְנָקִיwithout cause;חִנָּם
Proverbs 1:11
Study it in the app“If they say, “Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:11, word by word
- they sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Comeלְכָlecha
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lecha” appears- let us lie in waitנֶאֶרְבָהneerva
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “neerva” appears- bloodדָםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- let us ambushנִצְפְּנָהnitspna
lie in wait
To lie in wait.
Where else “nitspna” appears- the innocentנָקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- without causeחִנָּםchinam
without cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appears
The context
10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
11 · This verse (above)
12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;