Proverbs 23:27

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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.	For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.	She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For a whore^H2181 is a deep^H6013 ditch^H7745; and a strange woman^H5237 is a narrow^H6862 pit^H875.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה זֹונָה וּבְאֵר צָרָה נָכְרִיָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
שׁוּחָ֣ה	shu.Chah	H7745	HNcfsa	(is) a pit
עֲמֻקָּ֣ה	'a.mu.Kah	H6013	HAafsa	deep
זוֹנָ֑ה	zo.Nah	H2181	HVqrfsa	a prostitute
וּ/בְאֵ֥ר	u./ve.'Er	H875	HC/Ncfsa	and/ (is) a well
צָ֝רָ֗ה	tza.Rah	H6862	HAafsa	narrow
נָכְרִיָּֽה	na.khe.ri.Yah	H5237	HAafsa	a foreign (woman)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H875 — בְּאֵר (bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'): from בָּאַר; a pit; especially a well; pit, well.
H2181 — זָנָה (zânâh, zaw-naw'): a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
H5237 — נׇכְרִי (nokrîy, nok-ree'): from נֶכֶר (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful); alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
H6013 — עָמֹק (ʻâmôq, aw-moke'): from עָמַק; deep (literally or figuratively); ([idiom] exceeding) deep (thing).
H6862 — צַר (tsar, tsar): or צָר; from צָרַר; compare as in צֹר; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding); adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
H7745 — שׁוּחָה (shûwchâh, shoo-khaw'): from שׁוּחַ; a chasm; ditch, pit.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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