Proverbs

Proverbs 2:10–16

¹⁰For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will delight your soul.

¹¹Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you,

¹²to deliver you from the way of evil,

from the man who speaks perversity,

¹³from those who leave the straight paths

to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴from those who enjoy doing evil

and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

¹⁵whose paths are crooked

and whose ways are devious.

¹⁶It will rescue you from the forbidden woman,^a

from the stranger^b with seductive words

Footnotes

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
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
wisdom	חָכְמָ֣ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
will enter	תָב֣וֹא	ṯā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
your heart	בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ	ḇə·lib·be·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and knowledge	וְ֝דַ֗עַת	wə·ḏa·‘aṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge
will delight	יִנְעָֽם׃	yin·‘ām	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5276 be pleasant, delightful, lovely
your soul	לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥	lə·nap̄·šə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Discretion	מְ֭זִמָּה	mə·zim·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4209 purpose, discretion, device
will watch over you	תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר	tiš·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
and understanding	תְּבוּנָ֥ה	tə·ḇū·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8394 intelligence, argument, caprice
will guard you	תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃	ṯin·ṣə·rek·kāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H5341 watch, guard, keep

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to deliver you	לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ	lə·haṣ·ṣî·lə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
from the way	מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ	mid·de·reḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of evil	רָ֑ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
from the man	מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ	mê·’îš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
who speaks	מְדַבֵּ֥ר	mə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1696 speak
perversity	תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃	tah·pu·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8419 perversity, fraud

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
from those who leave	הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים	ha·‘ō·zə·ḇîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
the straight	יֹ֑שֶׁר	yō·šer	Noun - masculine singular	H3476 straightness, uprightness
paths	אָרְח֣וֹת	’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - common plural construct	H734 way, path
to walk	לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת	lā·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
in the ways	בְּדַרְכֵי־	bə·ḏar·ḵê-	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of darkness	חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
from those who enjoy	הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים	haś·śə·mê·ḥîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H8056 glad, joyful, merry
doing	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
evil	רָ֑ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
and rejoice	יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ	yā·ḡî·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1523 rejoice
in the twistedness	בְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹת	bə·ṯah·pu·ḵō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H8419 perversity, fraud
of evil	רָֽע׃	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
whose	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
paths	אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם	’ā·rə·ḥō·ṯê·hem	Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine plural	H734 way, path
are crooked	עִקְּשִׁ֑ים	‘iq·qə·šîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6141 twisted, perverted
and whose ways	בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃	bə·ma‘·gə·lō·w·ṯām	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4570 entrenchment
are devious	וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים	ū·nə·lō·w·zîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H3868 turn aside, depart

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It will rescue you	לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ	lə·haṣ·ṣî·lə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
from the forbidden	זָרָ֑ה	zā·rāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2114 be a stranger
woman	מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה	mê·’iš·šāh	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
from the stranger	מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה	min·nā·ḵə·rî·yāh	Preposition-m; Adjective - feminine singular	H5237 foreign, alien
with seductive	הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃	he·ḥĕ·lî·qāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2505 divide, share
words	אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ	’ă·mā·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H561 something said