Proverbs

Proverbs 30:18–20

¹⁸There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

¹⁹the way of an eagle in the sky,

the way of a snake on a rock,

the way of a ship at sea,

and the way of a man with a maiden.

²⁰This is the way of an adulteress:

She eats and wipes her mouth

and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There	הֵ֭מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
are three	שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה	šə·lō·šāh	Number - masculine singular	H7969 a three, triad
too wonderful	נִפְלְא֣וּ	nip̄·lə·’ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6381 be surpassing, extraordinary
for me	מִמֶּ֑נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
four	וְאַרְבָּע	wə·ʾar·bå̄ʿ	Conjunctive waw; Number - masculine singular	H702 four
that I cannot	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
understand	יְדַעְתִּֽים׃	yə·ḏa‘·tîm	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H3045 know

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
the way	דֶּ֤רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of an eagle	הַנֶּ֨שֶׁר׀	han·ne·šer	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5404 griffon-vulture, eagle
in the sky	בַּשָּׁמַיִם֮	baš·šā·ma·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
the way	דֶּ֥רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of a snake	נָחָ֗שׁ	nā·ḥāš	Noun - masculine singular	H5175 serpent
on	עֲלֵ֫י	‘ă·lê	Preposition	H5921 height
a rock	צ֥וּר	ṣūr	Noun - masculine singular	H6697 rock, cliff
the way	דֶּֽרֶךְ־	de·reḵ-	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of a ship	אֳנִיָּ֥ה	’o·nî·yāh	Noun - feminine singular	H591 a ship
at sea	יָ֑ם	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
and the way	וְדֶ֖רֶךְ	wə·ḏe·reḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of a man	גֶּ֣בֶר	ge·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H1397 man
with a maiden	בְּעַלְמָֽה׃	bə·‘al·māh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H5959 young woman

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This	כֵּ֤ן׀	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
is the way	דֶּ֥רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of an adulteress	אִשָּׁ֗ה	’iš·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
She eats	אָ֭כְלָה	’ā·ḵə·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H398 eat
and wipes	וּמָ֣חֲתָה	ū·mā·ḥă·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H4229 wipe, wipe out
her mouth	פִ֑יהָ	p̄î·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6310 mouth
and says	וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה	wə·’ā·mə·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
I have done	פָעַ֥לְתִּי	p̄ā·‘al·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6466 do, make
nothing	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
wrong	אָֽוֶן׃פ	’ā·wen	Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness

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

Proverbs 30:18 Job 42:3

Proverbs 30:20 Proverbs 7:13–23 · Proverbs 5:6 · Numbers 5:11–30

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.