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to rescue youלְהַצִּילְךָfrom the strangeזָרָהwoman,מֵאִשָּׁהfrom the foreign womanמִנָּכְרִיָּהwho makes smoothהֶחֱלִיקָהher sayings,אֲמָרֶיהָ
Proverbs 2:16
Study it in the app“to rescue you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman who makes smooth her sayings,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 2:16, word by word
- to rescue youהַצִּילְhatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsil” appears- from the strangeזָרָהzara
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zara” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- from the foreign womanנָּכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears- who makes smoothהֶחֱלִיקָהhechelika
flatter
Another word spelled the same: to be slippery, flatter falsely.
Where else “hechelika” appears- her sayingsאֲמָרֶיamare
words, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “amare” appears
Translation note
“The strange woman,” “the foreign woman”: it can be understood as another man’s wife: v. 17 says that she abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her Elohim.
The context
15whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their tracks;
16 · This verse (above)
17who abandons the companion of her youth, and the covenant of her Elohim has forgotten.