Proverbs 5:3

“For the lips of the strange woman drip honey from the comb, and smoother than oil is her palate;”

Proverbs 5:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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A father warns his son against the foreign woman: what is sweet now ends bitterPurity

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Proverbs 5:3, word by word

the lipsשִׂפְתֵיsifte

lip

The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.

Where else “sifte” appears
of the strange womanזָרָהzara

foreign

Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.

Where else “zara” appears
dripתִּטֹּפְנָהtitofna

drip

To let fall drop by drop, like rain or honey.

Where else “titofna” appears
honey from the combנֹפֶתnofet

dripping honey

Honey that drips, the purest, as it comes from the comb.

Where else “nofet” appears
smootherחָלָקchalak

flattering

Sweet words that fawn.

Where else “chalak” appears
than oilשֶּׁמֶןshemen

oil

The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.

Where else “shemen” appears
is her palateחִכָּchika

palate, mouth

The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.

Where else “chika” appears

The context

2to keep discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

3 · This verse (above)

4but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a sword with two edges.

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