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Butוְhe does notלֹאknowיָדַעthatכִּיthe shadesרְפָאִיםare there,שָׁםthat her guestsקְרֻאֶיהָare in the depthsבְּעִמְקֵיof Sheol.שְׁאוֹל
Proverbs 9:18
Study it in the app“But he does not know that the shades are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:18, word by word
- knowיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- the shadesרְפָאִיםrefaim
shades, the dead
The shades: the dead who are in Sheol. Only plural. It is a different word, though spelled the same, from the one that names the ancient people of the Rephaim.
Where else “refaim” appears- that her guestsקְרֻאֶיkerue
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kerue” appears- are in the depthsעִמְקֵיimke
depth
A very deep place, unseen and out of reach, like the shadows of Sheol.
Where else “imke” appears- of Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears
The context
17“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 · This verse (above)