Proverbs

Proverbs 1:11–13

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.

¹³We will find all manner of precious goods;

we will fill our houses with plunder.

Word by word

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We	נִמְצָ֑א	nim·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H4672 attain to, find
all manner	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
of precious	יָקָ֣ר	yā·qār	Adjective - masculine singular	H3368 precious, rare, splendid, weighty
goods	ה֣וֹן	hō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H1952 wealth, sufficiency
we	נְמַלֵּ֖א	nə·mal·lê	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural	H4390 be full, fill
our houses	בָתֵּ֣ינוּ	ḇāt·tê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H1004 house
with plunder	שָׁלָֽל׃	šā·lāl	Noun - masculine singular	H7998 prey, spoil, plunder, booty

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

Proverbs 1:13 1 Timothy 6:9–10 · Luke 12:15 · Job 24:2–3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.