The Meaning of Proverbs 7:8 Explained

Proverbs 7:8

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 7:8 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 7:8 mean?

Passing along the street near her corner and the path to her house he took
עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד

עֹבֵ֣ר  Passing 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
בַּ֭שּׁוּק  along  the  street 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שׁוּק  
Sense: street.
אֵ֣צֶל  near 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֵצֶל  
Sense: beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity subst.
פִּנָּ֑הּ  her  corner 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: פִּנָּה  
Sense: corner.
וְדֶ֖רֶךְ  and  the  path  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
בֵּיתָ֣הּ  her  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִצְעָֽד  he  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָעַד  
Sense: to step, march, stride.