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to keep youלִשְׁמָרְךָfrom the evilרָעwoman,מֵאֵשֶׁתfrom the smoothnessמֵחֶלְקַתof the tongueלָשׁוֹןof the foreign woman.נָכְרִיָּה
Proverbs 6:24
Study it in the app“to keep you from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the tongue of the foreign woman.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 6:24, word by word
- to keep youשְׁמָרְshemar
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shemar” appears- from the evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- womanאֵשֶׁתeshet
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “eshet” appears- from the smoothnessחֶלְקַתchelkat
smooth thing
What is smooth and slippery; also sweet words that flatter.
Where else “chelkat” appears- of the tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “lashon” appears- of the foreign womanנָכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears
The context
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the instruction a light, and the reproofs of correction are the way of life,
24 · This verse (above)
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her take you with her eyelids.