Proverbs 6:27

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For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.	Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?	Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Can a man^H376 take^H2846 fire^H784 in his bosom^H2436, and his clothes^H899 not be burned^H8313?

Original Hebrew

הֲיַחְתֶּה אִישׁ אֵשׁ בְּחֵיקֹו וּבְגָדָיו לֹא תִשָּׂרַפְנָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/יַחְתֶּ֤ה	ha./yach.Teh	H2846	HTi/Vqi3ms	¿/ will he snatch up
אִ֓ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a man
אֵ֬שׁ	'esh	H784	HNcbsa	fire
בְּ/חֵיק֑/וֹ	be./chei.K/o	H2436	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	in/ bosom/ his
וּ֝/בְגָדָ֗י/ו	u./ve.ga.Da/v	H899	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	and/ garments/ his
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה	ti.sa.Raf.nah	H8313	HVNi3fp	will they be burned?

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

Strong's References

H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
H899 — בֶּגֶד (beged, behg'-ed): from בָּגַד; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage; apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
H2436 — חֵיק (chêyq, khake): or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively); bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
H2846 — חָתָה (châthâh, khaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to lay hold of; especially to pick up fire; heap, take (away).
H8313 — שָׂרַף (sâraph, saw-raf'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire; (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.

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

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (2): Job 31:12, Proverbs 5:8

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