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Forכִּיin vainחִנָּםthe netהָרָשֶׁתis spreadמְזֹרָהin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof anyכָלbird.בַּעַל כָּנָף
Proverbs 1:17
Study it in the app“For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:17, word by word
- in vainחִנָּםchinam
in vain
For nothing, without any result.
Where else “chinam” appears- the netרָשֶׁתrashet
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “rashet” appears- is spreadמְזֹרָהmezora
scatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “mezora” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- birdבַּעַלbaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baal” appears- birdכָּנָףkanaf
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kanaf” appears
The context
16for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.
17 · This verse (above)
18And they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own souls.