Proverbs 6:2

“you have been snared by the sayings of your mouth; you have been caught by the sayings of your mouth.”

Proverbs 6:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 6:2, word by word

you have been snaredנוֹקַשְׁתָּnokashta

be snared

Be snared: be caught like an animal in a snare; also to lay a snare.

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by the sayingsאִמְרֵיimre

words, sayings

Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".

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of your mouthפִיfi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

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you have been caughtנִלְכַּדְתָּnilkadta

be snared

To be snared.

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The context

1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have struck your palms with a stranger,

2 · This verse (above)

3Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have come into the palm of your neighbor: go, humble yourself, and press your neighbor.

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