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Forכִּיher houseבֵּיתָהּsinks downשָׁחָהtoאֶלdeath,מָוֶתandוְher tracksמַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָtoאֶלthe shades.רְפָאִים
Proverbs 2:18
Study it in the app“For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the shades.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 2:18, word by word
- her houseבֵּיתָbeta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beta” appears- sinks downשָׁחָהshacha
sink down, be bowed down
To sink, to bow down low; also used of a downcast spirit.
Where else “shacha” appears- deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- her tracksמַעְגְּלֹתֶיmaglote
path
The path one follows, or one's way of life.
Where else “maglote” appears- the shadesרְפָאִיםrefaim
shades, the dead
The shades: the dead who are in Sheol. Only plural. It is a different word, though spelled the same, from the one that names the ancient people of the Rephaim.
Where else “refaim” appears
Translation note
“The shades”: in Hebrew, refaim, the dead who are in Sheol.
The context
17who abandons the companion of her youth, and the covenant of her Elohim has forgotten.
18 · This verse (above)
19None who go in to her come back, nor do they reach the paths of life;