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so that they may keep youלִשְׁמָרְךָfrom the strangeזָרָהwoman,מֵאִשָּׁהfrom the foreign womanמִנָּכְרִיָּהwho makes smoothהֶחֱלִיקָהher sayings.אֲמָרֶיהָ
Proverbs 7:5
Study it in the app“so that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman who makes smooth her sayings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 7:5, word by word
- so that they may keep youשְׁמָרְshemar
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shemar” appears- from the strangeזָרָהzara
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zara” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- from the foreign womanנָּכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears- who makes smoothהֶחֱלִיקָהhechelika
flatter
Another word spelled the same: to be slippery, flatter falsely.
Where else “hechelika” appears- her sayingsאֲמָרֶיamare
words, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “amare” appears
The context
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding “kinsman,”
5 · This verse (above)
6For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out,