Proverbs

Proverbs 1:11–12

¹¹If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood,

let us ambush the innocent without cause,

¹²let us swallow them alive like Sheol,

and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
they say	יֹאמְרוּ֮	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Come	לְכָ֪ה	lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
along	אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ	’it·tā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H854 with
let us lie in wait	נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה	ne·’er·ḇāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H693 lie in wait
for blood	לְדָ֑ם	lə·ḏām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
let us ambush	נִצְפְּנָ֖ה	niṣ·pə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H6845 hide, treasure up
the innocent	לְנָקִ֣י	lə·nā·qî	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular	H5355 clean, free from, exempt
without cause	חִנָּֽם׃	ḥin·nām	Adverb	H2600 out of favour

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
let us swallow them	נִ֭בְלָעֵם	niḇ·lā·‘êm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; third person masculine plural	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
alive	חַיִּ֑ים	ḥay·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
like Sheol	כִּשְׁא֣וֹל	kiš·’ō·wl	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
and whole	וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים	ū·ṯə·mî·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural	H8549 complete, sound
like those descending	כְּי֣וֹרְדֵי	kə·yō·wr·ḏê	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3381 come or go down, descend
into the Pit	בֽוֹר׃	ḇō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H953 pit, cistern, well

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 1:11 Proverbs 1:18 · Proverbs 12:6 · Jeremiah 5:26 · Acts 25:3 · Jeremiah 18:18–20

Proverbs 1:12 Psalm 124:3 · Psalm 28:1 · Romans 3:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.