Proverbs 6:26

תצוד פ

she is hunting

9017

פ
None
Definition: Petuhah paragraph marker
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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9016

None
Definition: verseEnd
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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6679a

צוד
tsûwd
Definition: to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
Root: a primitive root; also denominative from H6718 (ציד)
Exhaustive: a primitive root; also denominative from ציד; to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey); chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).

יקרה

precious

3368

יקר
yâqâr
Definition: valuable (objectively or subjectively)
Root: from H3365 (יקר);
Exhaustive: from יקר; valuable (objectively or subjectively); brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.

נפש

soul

5315

נפש
nephesh
Definition: properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Root: from H5314 (נפש);
Exhaustive: from נפש; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.

איש

a man/each one

376

איש
ʼîysh
Definition: 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)
Root: contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
Exhaustive: contracted for אנוש (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 אשה.

ו אשת

and a woman of

802

אשה
ʼishshâh
Definition: a woman
Root: feminine of H376 (איש) or H582 (אנוש); irregular plural, נשים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אנוש))
Exhaustive: feminine of איש or אנוש; irregular plural, נשים;(used in the same wide sense as אנוש); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

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9002

ו
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)

לחם

bread loaf

3899

לחם
lechem
Definition: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Root: from H3898 (לחם); See also H1036 (בית לעפרה)
Exhaustive: from לחם; See also בית לעפרה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

ככר

a round

3603

ככר
kikkâr
Definition: a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin)
Root: from H3769 (כרר);
Exhaustive: from כרר; a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin); loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.

עד

until/perpetually/witness

9014

־
None
Definition: link
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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5704

עד
ʻad
Definition: as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Root: properly, the same as H5703 (עד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition);
Exhaustive: properly, the same as עד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

זונה

adulterous/prostitute

2181

זנה
zânâh
Definition: 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)
Root: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton);
Exhaustive: 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.

אשה

a woman

802

אשה
ʼishshâh
Definition: a woman
Root: feminine of H376 (איש) or H582 (אנוש); irregular plural, נשים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אנוש))
Exhaustive: feminine of איש or אנוש; irregular plural, נשים;(used in the same wide sense as אנוש); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

בעד

away from/separated away from

9014

־
None
Definition: link
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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1157

בעד
bᵉʻad
Definition: in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
Root: from H5704 (עד) with prepositional prefix;
Exhaustive: from עד with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.; about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.

כי

for

3588a

כי
kîy
Definition: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Root: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;
Exhaustive: 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.

RBT Hebrew Literal:

for away from a woman adulterous until/testimony a round loaf and a woman of a man soul precious she is hunting

RBT Paraphrase:
For by means of an adulterous woman until a circle he has battled,¹ and a woman of a man is hunting a precious soul.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For by a woman a harlot, even to a round of bread: and a man's wife will hunt the precious soul.

LITV Translation:
For on account of a woman, a harlot, a man comes to the last loaf of bread, and another man's wife hunts for the precious soul.

ESV Translation:
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Brenton Septuagint Translation:
For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; And a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

Footnotes

Pro. 6:26

Strongs #3898 לחם lacham. to fight, do battle. This word is also the same as לחם bread/loaf. Without a verb in this clause, and using the word bread/loaf, the phrase is impossible to translate with any sense, hence the wide variety of cocktail renderings of this verse.