The Meaning of Proverbs 7:9 Explained

Proverbs 7:9

KJV: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

YLT: In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

Darby: in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

ASV: In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the twilight,  in the evening,  in the black  and dark  night: 

What does Proverbs 7:9 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 7:9 mean?

In the twilight in the evening in black the night and darkness
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה

בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־  In  the  twilight 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֶשֶׁף  
Sense: twilight.
י֑וֹם  the  evening 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן  in  black 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישֹׁון 
Sense: pupil of the eye.
לַ֝֗יְלָה  the  night 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.
וַאֲפֵלָֽה  and  darkness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲפֵלָה  
Sense: darkness, gloominess, calamity.

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