The Meaning of Proverbs 7:6 Explained

Proverbs 7:6

KJV: For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

YLT: For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

Darby: For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

ASV: For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For at the window  of my house  I looked  through my casement, 

What does Proverbs 7:6 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 7:6 mean?

For at the window of my house through my lattice I looked
כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי

בְּחַלּ֣וֹן  at  the  window 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct
Root: חַלֹּון 
Sense: window (piercing of the wall).
בֵּיתִ֑י  of  my  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
בְּעַ֖ד  through 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּעַד 
Sense: behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about.
אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י  my  lattice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אֶשְׁנָב  
Sense: window-lattice.
נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי  I  looked 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁקַף  
Sense: to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 7:6?

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