Proverbs 6:5
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
צְבִי
tsᵉbîy
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
צַיִד
tsayid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָקוֹשׁ
yâqôwsh
properly, entangling; hence, a snarer
Key Terms in This Verse
צַיִד tsayid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
Study H6718 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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