The Meaning of Proverbs 7:13 Explained

Proverbs 7:13

KJV: So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

YLT: And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

Darby: And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

ASV: So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So she caught  him, and kissed  him, [and] with an impudent  face  said  unto him, 

What does Proverbs 7:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:13 mean?

So she caught him and kissed him with an impudent face and she said to him
וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה בּ֭וֹ וְנָ֣שְׁקָה־ לּ֑וֹ הֵעֵ֥זָה פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ וַתֹּ֣אמַר לֽוֹ

וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה  So  she  caught 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
וְנָ֣שְׁקָה־  and  kissed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָשַׁק 
Sense: to put together, kiss.
הֵעֵ֥זָה  with  an  impudent 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָזַז  
Sense: to be strong.
פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וַתֹּ֣אמַר  and  she  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לֽוֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular