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butוְher endאַחֲרִיתָהּis bitterמָרָהas wormwood,כַלַּעֲנָהsharpחַדָּהas a swordכְּחֶרֶבwith two edges.פִּיּוֹת
Proverbs 5:4
Study it in the app“but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a sword with two edges.”
A father warns his son against the foreign woman: what is sweet now ends bitterPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:4, word by word
- her endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- is bitterמָרָהmara
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mara” appears- as wormwoodלַּעֲנָהlaana
wormwood
Wormwood: a very bitter plant; an image of what ends in bitterness.
Where else “laana” appears- sharpחַדָּהchada
sharp
Sharp, cutting; said of a sword.
Where else “chada” appears- as a swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- with two edgesפִּיּוֹתpiyot
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “piyot” appears
The context
3For the lips of the strange woman drip honey from the comb, and smoother than oil is her palate;
4 · This verse (above)
5Her feet go down to death; to Sheol her steps hold fast.