Proverbs

Proverbs 9:17–18

¹⁷“Stolen water is sweet,

and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

¹⁸But they do not know that the dead^c are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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
Stolen	גְּנוּבִ֥ים	gə·nū·ḇîm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H1589 steal
water	מַֽיִם־	ma·yim-	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
is sweet	יִמְתָּ֑קוּ	yim·tā·qū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4985 become or be sweet, pleasant
and bread	וְלֶ֖חֶם	wə·le·ḥem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
in secret	סְתָרִ֣ים	sə·ṯā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5643 covering, hiding-place, secrecy
is tasty	יִנְעָֽם׃	yin·‘ām	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5276 be pleasant, delightful, lovely

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But they do not	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָ֭דַע	yā·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
that	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the dead	רְפָאִ֣ים	rə·p̄ā·’îm	Noun - masculine plural	H7496 lax, ghost, dead
are there	שָׁ֑ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
that her guests	קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃פ	qə·ru·’e·hā	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
in the depths	בְּעִמְקֵ֖י	bə·‘im·qê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H6012 deep, unfathomable
of Sheol	שְׁא֣וֹל	šə·’ō·wl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld

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

Proverbs 9:17 Proverbs 20:17 · Proverbs 23:31–32 · James 1:14–15 · Proverbs 30:20 · Romans 7:8 · Proverbs 7:18–20 · Genesis 3:6 · Ephesians 5:12 · 2 Kings 5:24–27

Proverbs 9:18 Proverbs 7:27 · Proverbs 5:5 · Proverbs 2:18–19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.