Proverbs

Proverbs 6:24

²⁴to keep you from the evil woman,

from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.^c

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to keep you	לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ	liš·mā·rə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
from the evil	רָ֑ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
woman	מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת	mê·’ê·šeṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
from the smooth	מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת	mê·ḥel·qaṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2513 portion
tongue	לָשׁ֥וֹן	lā·šō·wn	Noun - common singular	H3956 tongue
of the adulteress	נָכְרִיָּֽה׃	nā·ḵə·rî·yāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H5237 foreign, alien

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.