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Proverbs 7:8

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

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עֹבֵ֣רoveralienateעָבַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “alienate”, a verb used as a describing wordH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…בַּ֭שּׁוּקbashuqin streetשׁוּקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in street”, the ordinary formH7784a street (as run over)street.אֵ֣צֶלetselnearאֵצֶלpreposition — “near”H681a side; (as a preposition) nearat, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also H1018 (בֵּית הָאֵצֶל).פִּנָּ֑הּpinahbulwarkפִּנָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bulwark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6438an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftainbulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.וְדֶ֖רֶךְvederekhand alongדֶּרֶךְconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).בֵּיתָ֣הּbeytahfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…יִצְעָֽדyitsadmarchצָעַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “march”, an unfinished actionH6805to pace, i.e. step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurlbring, go, march (through), run over.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

Young’s Literal Translation

Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,

World English Bible

passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

Darby Translation

passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Douay-Rheims

Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and speaking, in the dark of the evening,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς, καὶ λαλοῦντα