Proverbs

Proverbs 1:17–18

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

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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

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

Proverbs 1:17 Job 35:11 · Jeremiah 8:7 · Proverbs 7:23

Proverbs 1:18 Psalm 9:16 · Esther 7:10 · Proverbs 5:22–23 · Proverbs 28:17 · Psalm 7:14–16 · Matthew 27:4–5 · Psalm 55:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.