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who">1992</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1992 -- Occurrence 516 of 822">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְ֭הֵם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vehem_1992.htm" title="Ve·hem: their own -- Occurrence 33 of 43.">wə-hêm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">But they</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Pronoun - third person masculine plural">Conj-w | Pro-3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1818: 1) blood <BR> 1a) of wine (fig.)">1818</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1818 -- Occurrence 255 of 360">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְדָמָ֣ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ledamam_1818.htm" title="le·da·Mam: blood -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">lə-ḏā-mām</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for their [own] blood</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - masculine singular construct :: third person masculine plural">Prep-l | N-msc | 3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/693.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 693: 1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to lie in wait <BR> 1a2) ambush (participle as subst) <BR> 1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle) <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush">693</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_693.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 693 -- Occurrence 32 of 41">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yeerou_693.htm" title="ye·'e·Rou;: lie -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">ye-’ĕ-rō-ḇū;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">lie in wait</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural">V-Qal-Imperf-3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6845.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6845: 1) to hide, treasure, treasure or store up <BR> 1a)(Qal) <BR> 1a1) to hide, treasure, treasure up <BR> 1a2) to lie hidden, lurk <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery">6845</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6845.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6845 -- Occurrence 20 of 31">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yitzpenu_6845.htm" title="yitz·pe·Nu,: ambush -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">yiṣ-pə-nū,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">they lurk secretly</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural">V-Qal-Imperf-3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion <BR> 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man <BR> 1b) living being <BR> 1c) living being (with life in the blood) <BR> 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual <BR> 1e) seat of the appetites <BR> 1f) seat of emotions and passions <BR> 1g) activity of mind <BR> 1g1) dubious <BR> 1h) activity of the will <BR> 1h1) dubious <BR> 1i) activity of the character <BR> 1i1) dubious">5315</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5315 -- Occurrence 516 of 754">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lenafshotam_5315.htm" title="le·naf·sho·Tam.: lives -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">lə-nap̄-šō-ṯām.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for their [own] lives</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - feminine plural construct :: third person masculine plural">Prep-l | N-fpc | 3mp</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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href="//interlinearbible.org/proverbs/1.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1992.htm" title="ve·hem: their own -- 1992: they">וְ֭הֵם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1818.htm" title="le·da·mam: blood -- 1818: blood">לְדָמָ֣ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/693.htm" title="ye·'e·ro·vu;: lie -- 693: to lie in wait">יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6845.htm" title="yitz·pe·nu: ambush -- 6845: to hide, treasure up">יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5315.htm" title="le·naf·sho·tam.: lives -- 5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion ">לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/proverbs/1.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/693.htm" title="'arab (aw-rab') -- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait">And they lay wait</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1818.htm" title="dam (dawm) -- blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent">for their own blood</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6845.htm" title="tsaphan (tsaw-fan') -- esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place)">they lurk privily</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5315.htm" title="nephesh (neh'-fesh) -- any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire">for their own lives</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/1.htm">משלי 1:18 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/1.htm">משלי 1:18 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">והם לדמם יארבו יצפנו לנפשתם׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/1.htm">משלי 1:18 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">והם לדמם יארבו יצפנו לנפשתם׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/1.htm">משלי 1:18 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">והם לדמם יארבו יצפנו לנפשתם׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/proverbs/1-18.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they lay wait for their <i>own</i> blood; they lurk privily for their <i>own</i> lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 5:22,23</span> His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-17.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 9:17,18</span> Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-17.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 28:17</span> A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/esther/7-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Esther 7:10</span> So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/7-14.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 7:14-16</span> Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/9-16.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 9:16</span> The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 55:23</span> But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/27-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 27:4,5</span> Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Proverbs 1:18</a> • <a href="/niv/proverbs/1-18.htm">Proverbs 1:18 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/proverbs/1-18.htm">Proverbs 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