Proverbs

Proverbs 2:18–19

¹⁸For her house sinks down to death,

and her tracks to the departed spirits.^c

¹⁹None who go to her return

or negotiate the paths of life.

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	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
her house	בֵּיתָ֑הּ	bê·ṯāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1004 house
sinks down	שָׁ֣חָה	šā·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7743 sink down
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
death	מָ֣וֶת	mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
and her tracks	מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃	ma‘·gə·lō·ṯe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H4570 entrenchment
to	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the departed spirits	רְ֝פָאִ֗ים	rə·p̄ā·’îm	Noun - masculine plural	H7496 lax, ghost, dead

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
None	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
who go to her	בָּ֭אֶיהָ	bā·’e·hā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
return	יְשׁוּב֑וּן	yə·šū·ḇūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H7725 turn back, return
negotiate	יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ	yaś·śî·ḡū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5381 reach, overtake
the paths	אָרְח֥וֹת	’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - common plural construct	H734 way, path
of life	חַיִּֽים׃	ḥay·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living

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

Proverbs 2:18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · Proverbs 9:18 · Galatians 5:19–21 · Proverbs 5:4–14 · Revelation 21:8 · Ephesians 5:5

Proverbs 2:19 Ecclesiastes 7:26 · Psalm 81:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.