Forכִּיthe lipsשִׂפְתֵיof the strange womanזָרָהdripתִּטֹּפְנָהhoney from the comb,נֹפֶתandוְsmootherחָלָקthan oilמִשֶּׁמֶןis her palate;חִכָּהּ
Proverbs 5:3
Study it in the app“For the lips of the strange woman drip honey from the comb, and smoother than oil is her palate;”
A father warns his son against the foreign woman: what is sweet now ends bitterPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
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.