let us swallow themנִבְלָעֵםaliveחַיִּיםlike Sheol,כִּשְׁאוֹלand whole,וּתְמִימִיםlike those who go downכְּיוֹרְדֵיto the pit;בוֹר
Proverbs 1:12
Study it in the app“let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Proverbs 1:12, word by word
- let us swallow themנִבְלָעֵnivlae
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “nivlae” appears- aliveחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- like Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- and wholeתְמִימִיםtemimim
without defect
Without defect, whole.
Where else “temimim” appears- like those who go downיוֹרְדֵיyorde
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yorde” appears- to the pitבוֹרvor
grave
The place where the dead go down; the grave.
Where else “vor” appears
The context
11If they say, “Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;
12 · This verse (above)
13all kinds of precious wealth we will find; we will fill our houses with plunder;