Proverbs 5:20
"And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,.... Or "err with her" (y); after all those inconveniences and miseries that follow upon a conversation with a harlot, and all those

advantages of a marriage state set before thee; why wilt thou be, so foolish and mad as to have a fondness for an harlot and dote upon her, and neglect entering into a marriage state, or forsake the wife of youth? and yet though things are so clearly stated and aptly represented, and the expostulation made in the most tender and affectionate manner; it is suggested as if after all it would not be attended unto, but a harlot be preferred to a wife of youth, a filthy beast to a loving hind, and dirty puddles of water in a ditch to running streams from a well or fountain; and embrace the bosom of a stranger? that is not thy wife; a description of unlawful love and impure embraces, which are dissuaded from. (y) "Errares", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "aberrares", Cocceius.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (7 words)

H4100 מָה
Definition:

43;Joshua 22:16;Judges 8:1),מַהֿ,מַהּ,מֶה,מַּ(Exodus 4:2;Isaiah 3:15;Malachi 1:13;1 Chronicles 15:13; 2Chronicles 30:3),מָ(only inמָהֵםEzekiel 8:6Kt., Qr.מָה הֵם) — on the distinction in the use of th 43;Joshua 22:16;Judges 8:1),מַהֿ,מַהּ,מֶה,מַּ(Exodus 4:2;Isaiah 3:15;Malachi 1:13;1 Chronicles 15:13; 2Chronicles 30:3),מָ(only inמָהֵםEzekiel 8:6Kt., Qr.מָה הֵם) — on the distinction in the use of th

Possible Meanings:
  • what? (semantic_range)
H7686 שָׁגָה
Definition:

24;Job 19:4, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁגֶּהProverbs 5:23, etc.;Infinitive constructשְׁגוֺתProverbs 19:27;ParticipleשֹׁגֶהEzekiel 45:20;Proverbs 20:1, etc.; —1err, stray, of flockEzekiel 34 24;Job 19:4, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁגֶּהProverbs 5:23, etc.;Infinitive constructשְׁגוֺתProverbs 19:27;ParticipleשֹׁגֶהEzekiel 45:20;Proverbs 20:1, etc.; —1err, stray, of flockEzekiel 34

Possible Meanings:
  • go astray (semantic_range)
  • swerve (semantic_range)
H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H2114 זוּר
Definition:

A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery -- (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery -- (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go

Possible Meanings:
  • press down and out (semantic_range)
H2263 חָבַק
Definition:

5;ParticipleחֹבֵּקEcclesiastes 4:5;חֹבֶקֶת2 Kings 4:16; —embrace, with accusativeבֵּן2 Kings 4:16;יָדָיוEcclesiastes 4:5(said ofהַכְּסִיל= fold his arms, i.e. be idle; compareחִבֻּק); no object expres 5;ParticipleחֹבֵּקEcclesiastes 4:5;חֹבֶקֶת2 Kings 4:16; —embrace, with accusativeבֵּן2 Kings 4:16;יָדָיוEcclesiastes 4:5(said ofהַכְּסִיל= fold his arms, i.e. be idle; compareחִבֻּק); no object expres

Possible Meanings:
  • a clasping (semantic_range)
  • folding (semantic_range)
H2436 חֵיק
Definition:

11Ktחוקך(but read Qrחֵיקְךָ, see following).חֵיק,חֵקnoun [masculine]bosom(Late Hebrewid.) — absoluteחֵיקEzekiel 43:17;Proverbs 16:33+Ezekiel 43:13(Coחיקו, compare ZKW1883, pp. 67ff.;חֵיקֹהDrSm xxxi),ח 11Ktחוקך(but read Qrחֵיקְךָ, see following).חֵיק,חֵקnoun [masculine]bosom(Late Hebrewid.) — absoluteחֵיקEzekiel 43:17;Proverbs 16:33+Ezekiel 43:13(Coחיקו, compare ZKW1883, pp. 67ff.;חֵיקֹהDrSm xxxi),ח

Possible Meanings:
  • carry in bosom (semantic_range)
H5237 נָכְרִי
Definition:

8+; feminineנָכְרִיָּהExodus 2:22+; masculine pluralנָכְרִיםIsaiah 2:62t. +Proverbs 20:16Kt (> Qrנָכְרִיָּה), +Proverbs 27:13(so read forᵑ0נָכְרִיָּה); feminine pluralנָכְרִיּוֺתGenesis 31:15+; —1. a. 8+; feminineנָכְרִיָּהExodus 2:22+; masculine pluralנָכְרִיםIsaiah 2:62t. +Proverbs 20:16Kt (> Qrנָכְרִיָּה), +Proverbs 27:13(so read forᵑ0נָכְרִיָּה); feminine pluralנָכְרִיּוֺתGenesis 31:15+; —1. a.

Possible Meanings:
  • foreign (semantic_range)
  • alien (semantic_range)

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