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Proverbs 5:20

Proverbs 5:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And why; i.e. what inducement is there, what reason can be given, for conjugal infidelity, except the lewd and immoral promptings of the lower nature, except sensuality in its lowest form? Ravished. The verb shagah recurs, but in a lower sense, as indicating "the foolish delirium of the libertine hastening after the harlot" (Zockler).

With a strange woman (Hebrew, b'zarah); i.e. with a harlot. On zarah, see and . The be ( בְּ) localizes the sources of the intoxication. Embrace (Hebrew, t'khab-bek). On this verb, see .

The bosom of a stranger (Hebrew, kheh nok'riyyah). A parallel expression having the same force as its counterpart. The more usual form of khek is kheyk, and means "the bosom" of a person. In it is used of the lap, and in and for the bosom or folds of a garment.

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