The Meaning of Proverbs 23:28 Explained

Proverbs 23:28

KJV: She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

YLT: She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

Darby: She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

ASV: Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

She also lieth in wait  as [for] a prey,  and increaseth  the transgressors  among men. 

What does Proverbs 23:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:28 mean?

Also she as [for] a victim lies in wait and the unfaithful among men increases
אַף־ הִ֭יא כְּחֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּאָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף

אַף־  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
הִ֭יא  she 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
כְּחֶ֣תֶף  as  [for]  a  victim 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶתֶף  
Sense: prey.
תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב  lies  in  wait 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָרַב  
Sense: to lie in wait, ambush, lurk.
וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים  and  the  unfaithful 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: בָּגַד  
Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously.
בְּאָדָ֥ם  among  men 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
תּוֹסִֽף  increases 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.