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Forכִּיa prostituteזוֹנָהis a deepעֲמֻקָּהpit,שׁוּחָהandוּa foreign womanנָכְרִיָּהis a narrowצָרָהwell.בְאֵר
Proverbs 23:27
Study it in the app“For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a narrow well.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:27, word by word
- a prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- is a deepעֲמֻקָּהamuka
deep
Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.
Where else “amuka” appears- pitשׁוּחָהshucha
pit
A pit, a deep hole; a trap dug in the ground.
Where else “shucha” appears- a foreign womanנָכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears- is a narrowצָרָהtsara
narrow
Not wide, with no room to move.
Where else “tsara” appears- wellבְאֵרveer
pit
A deep pit in the ground where one can fall, like those of tar.
Where else “veer” appears
The context
26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes keep my ways.
27 · This verse (above)
28She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the treacherous among men.