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Or canאִםa manאִישׁwalkיְהַלֵּךְonעַלhot coals,הַגֶּחָלִיםandוְhis feetרַגְלָיוnotלֹאbe scorched?תִכָּוֶינָה
Proverbs 6:28
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With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 6:28, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- walkיְהַלֵּךְyehalech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “yehalech” appears- hot coalsגֶּחָלִיםgechalim
coal, ember
A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.
Where else “gechalim” appears- his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- be scorchedתִכָּוֶינָהtikavena
scorch, burn
To burn, to scorch; to leave the skin blistered by fire.
Where else “tikavena” appears
The context
27Can a man carry fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 · This verse (above)
29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.