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פֶּןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.תֶּאֱלַ֥ףteelaflearnאָלַףverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “learn”, an unfinished actionH502hence, to learn (and causatively to teach)learn, teach, utter.ארחתוrchtvmannerאֹרַחnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “manner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יוorechotayvmannerאֹרַחnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “manner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.וְלָקַחְתָּ֖velaqachtaand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, a completed action in a sequenceH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.מוֹקֵ֣שׁmoqeshsnareמוֹקֵשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “snare”, the ordinary formH4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָlenafshekhato creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, 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,…
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
Young’s Literal Translation
Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.
World English Bible
lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
Darby Translation
lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
Douay-Rheims
Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.
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