PROV 7:8 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. עֹבֵר
2. 389436
3. he +was passing by
4. passing
6. V-Vqrmsa
7. [he_was]_passing_by
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 271119
1. בַּ,שּׁוּק
2. 389437,389438
3. in street
4. street
5. 7784
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
7. in,street
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271120
1. אֵצֶל
2. 389439
3. beside
4. -
5. 681
6. S-R
7. beside
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271121
1. פִּנָּ,הּ
2. 389440,389441
3. corner of her
4. corner
5. 6438
6. S-Ncfsc,Sp3fs
7. corner_of,her
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271122
1. וְ,דֶרֶךְ
2. 389442,389443
3. and the direction of
4. path
5. 1870
6. S-C,Ncbsc
7. and,the_direction_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271123
1. בֵּיתָ,הּ
2. 389444,389445
3. her house of her
4. house
6. S-Ncmsc,Sp3fs
7. her_house_of,her
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271124
1. יִצְעָד
2. 389446
3. he strode
4. strode
5. 6805
6. V-Vqi3ms
7. he_strode
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271125
2. 389447
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 271126

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–27: Tenth lesson: Here is an example of a young man who was seduced by a married woman

This lesson is another warning to avoid adultery. It begins with an appeal that the son pay attention to his father’s advice. This advice will protect him from being seduced by an adulteress (7:1–5). The main part of the lesson has the form of a first person narrative. The narrator tells how he observed a young man being seduced (7:6–23). First the story focuses on the young man (7:6–9), then it describes the adulteress (7:10–12) and her enticing words (7:13–20). Finally it tells how the young man yielded to the temptation (7:21–23). The lesson concludes with an appeal that the son follow his father’s advice rather than be seduced by the adulteress, because involvement with her will lead to death (7:24–27).

Some other headings for this section are:

Warning Against the Adulteress (NIV)

The story about an adulteress who tempted a young man

Paragraph 7:6–9

In this paragraph, the father first describes the location from which he watched a married woman begin to seduce a young man. He then describes the young man and the situation he was in before he actually met the woman.

7:8

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^8a crossing the street near her corner,

^8b strolling down the road to her house

7:8a–b

(combined/reordered)

He walked along the street, approaching the corner where the house of a woman who committed adultery was located.
He walked toward the corner where an immoral woman lived. Then he approached her house.

This verse focuses on what the unthinking youth did. There is no mention in this or the following verses of his companions. It is implied that he left them and is now walking along by himself.

crossing…strolling down: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as crossing is a general word that means “passing along” (NRSV) or “going along” (NJB).This verb can also mean “going across,” which would explain the NLT and GW translation “crossing a/the street.” The parallel term, strolling down, is more specific in Hebrew. It means “striding” or “marching.” Together, these two terms indicate that the young man was walking along the street, heading toward the woman’s house.The young man may or may not have been walking deliberately toward the woman’s house. Cohen, Fox, and Waltke feel that the text does not necessarily imply that the young man started walking with the intention of going to the woman’s house. However, Ross, Delitzsch, an NET footnote, and TWOT (#1943) feel that the young man walked intentionally toward that destination.

the street near her corner…the road to her house: These two phrases describe the young man’s location. They indicate that he was near the corner or intersection where the woman’s house was located.

her: The pronoun her must refer to the woman described in 7:10, since the last reference to a woman (7:5) described adulteress women in general, not a particular woman. In many languages, a pronoun cannot be used until the noun to which it refers has been introduced. If this is true in your language, you may want to introduce the woman here in 7:8. For example:

He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. (GNT)

7:8a

crossing the street near her corner,

He went along the street near the corner/intersection where a certain immoral woman lived,

7:8b

strolling down the road to her house,

and walked/strode toward her house.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

פִּנָּ֑⁠הּ & בֵּיתָ֣⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: passing in,street near corner_of,her and,the_direction_of her_house_of,her taking )

In this verse, her refers to an adulterous woman, as referred to in [7:5](../07/05.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [the corner where an adulterous woman lives … that woman’s house]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פִּנָּ֑⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: passing in,street near corner_of,her and,the_direction_of her_house_of,her taking )

Here, corner refers to the place where two roads intersect. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [her place at the intersection of two streets]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠דֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣⁠הּ יִצְעָֽד

and,the_direction_of (Some words not found in UHB: passing in,street near corner_of,her and,the_direction_of her_house_of,her taking )

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a way that leads to her house. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [and he steps in the way that leads to her house]

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

יִצְעָֽד

taking

Here Solomon uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense. Alternate translation: [he stepped in]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear PROV 7:8