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Andוְwhyלָמָּהwould you be lost,תִשְׁגֶּהmy son,בְנִיwith a strange woman,בְזָרָהandוּembraceתְחַבֵּקthe bosomחֵקof a foreign woman?נָכְרִיָּה
Proverbs 5:20
Study it in the app“And why would you be lost, my son, with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?”
The son is told: rejoice in the wife of your youthDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:20, word by word
- would you be lostתִשְׁגֶּהtishge
be captivated
To be captivated by love.
Where else “tishge” appears- my sonבְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears- with a strange womanזָרָהzara
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zara” appears- embraceתְחַבֵּקtechabek
embrace
Embrace.
Where else “techabek” appears- the bosomחֵקchek
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “chek” appears- of a foreign womanנָכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears
The context
19a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; in her love may you be lost always.
20 · This verse (above)
21For before the eyes of YHWH are the ways of a man, and all his tracks he levels.