Proverbs

Proverbs 1:15–18

¹⁵my son, do not walk the road with them

or set foot upon their path.

¹⁶For their feet run to evil,

and they are swift to shed blood.

¹⁷How futile it is to spread the net

where any bird can see it!

¹⁸But they lie in wait for their own blood;

they ambush their own lives.

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
my son	בְּנִ֗י	bə·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
walk	תֵּלֵ֣ךְ	tê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
the road	בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ	bə·ḏe·reḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
with them	אִתָּ֑ם	’it·tām	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H854 with
or set	מְנַ֥ע	mə·na‘	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H4513 withhold, hold back
foot	רַ֝גְלְךָ֗	raḡ·lə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7272 foot
upon their path	מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃	min·nə·ṯî·ḇā·ṯām	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5410 path, pathway

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
their feet	רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם	raḡ·lê·hem	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H7272 foot
run	יָר֑וּצוּ	yā·rū·ṣū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7323 run
to evil	לָרַ֣ע	lā·ra‘	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
and they are swift	וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ	wî·ma·hă·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4116 hasten
to shed	לִשְׁפָּךְ־	liš·pāḵ-	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8210 pour out, pour
blood	דָּֽם׃	dām	Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
futile	חִ֭נָּם	ḥin·nām	Adverb	H2600 out of favour
to spread	מְזֹרָ֣ה	mə·zō·rāh	Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular	H2219 scatter, fan, winnow
the net	הָרָ֑שֶׁת	hā·rā·šeṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7568 net
where any	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
bird	בַּ֥עַל	ba·ʿal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1167 owner, lord
can see it	בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י	bə·‘ê·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc	H5869 eye

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But they	וְ֭הֵם	wə·hêm	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
lie in wait	יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ	ye·’ĕ·rō·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H693 lie in wait
for their	לְדָמָ֣ם	lə·ḏā·mām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1818 blood
they ambush	יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ	yiṣ·pə·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6845 hide, treasure up
their	לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃	lə·nap̄·šō·ṯām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion