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Sheהִיאalsoאַףlies in waitתֶּאֱרֹבlike a robber,כְּחֶתֶףandוּincreasesתּוֹסִףthe treacherousבוֹגְדִיםamong men.בְּאָדָם
Proverbs 23:28
Study it in the app“She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the treacherous among men.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:28, word by word
- lies in waitתֶּאֱרֹבteerov
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “teerov” appears- like a robberחֶתֶףchetef
robber, robbery
A robber, a bandit; also robbery.
Where else “chetef” appears- increasesתּוֹסִףtosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “tosif” appears- the treacherousבוֹגְדִיםvogdim
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “vogdim” appears- among menאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 · This verse (above)
29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has quarrels? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?