Proverbs

Proverbs 30:20

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
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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.