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Soכֵּןis the wayדֶּרֶךְof an adulterousמְנָאָפֶתwoman:אִשָּׁהshe eatsאָכְלָהandוּwipesמָחֲתָהher mouth,פִיהָandוְsays,אָמְרָה“I have notלֹאdoneפָעַלְתִּיwickedness.”אָוֶן
Proverbs 30:20
Study it in the app“So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have not done wickedness.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:20, word by word
- is the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- of an adulterousמְנָאָפֶתmenaafet
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “menaafet” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- she eatsאָכְלָהachla
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achla” appears- wipesמָחֲתָהmachata
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “machata” appears- her mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- saysאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- doneפָעַלְתִּיfaalti
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “faalti” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
19the way of the eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
20 · This verse (above)
21Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up: