Proverbs 7:23

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."

Word-by-Word Analysis

עַד

ʻad

H5705

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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a

חֵץ

chêts

H2671

properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

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תָּקַע

tâqaʻ

H8628

to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become ...

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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his

כָּבֵד

kâbêd

H3516

the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)

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as a

צִפּוֹר

tsippôwr

H6833

a little bird (as hopping)

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מָהַר

mâhar

H4116

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptl...

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to the

פַּח

pach

H6341

a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

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and

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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not that it is for his

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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Key Terms in This Verse

dart H2671

חֵץ chêts

properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

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hasteth H4116

מָהַר mâhar

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly

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strike H8628

תָּקַע tâqaʻ

to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)

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liver H3516

כָּבֵד kâbêd

the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)

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bird H6833

צִפּוֹר tsippôwr

a little bird (as hopping)

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snare H6341

פַּח pach

a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

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knoweth H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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Till H5705

עַד ʻad

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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through H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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