Proverbs 7:23c
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Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):
Text (BHS):
וְלֹא־יָדַע כִּי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הוּא
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Translation (Waltke):
And he does not know [he acts] against* his own life.
*The preposition demands a verb ()
Glossary & Analysis (meanings in this context):
וְלֹא (wᵉlōʾ) : conj. וְ (wᵉ) + negation לֹא (lōʾ) : and not.
יָדַע (yāḏaʿ) : Qal perfect 3 m.s. : he knows.
כִּי (kı̂) : conjunction : that.
בְנַפְשׁוֹ () : prep.* בְ (ḇᵉ) + noun נֶפֶשׁ () + pronominal 3 m.s. suffix : against his [own] life.
הוּא () : personal pronoun 3 m.s. he [acts].*
יָדַע (yāḏaʿ) : Qal perfect 3 m.s. : he knows.
כִּי (kı̂) : conjunction : that.
בְנַפְשׁוֹ () : prep.* בְ (ḇᵉ) + noun נֶפֶשׁ () + pronominal 3 m.s. suffix : against his [own] life.
הוּא () : personal pronoun 3 m.s. he [acts].*
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