The Meaning of Proverbs 7:10 Explained

Proverbs 7:10

KJV: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

YLT: And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

Darby: And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

ASV: And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And, behold, there met  him a woman  [with] the attire  of an harlot,  and subtil  of heart. 

What does Proverbs 7:10 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 7:10 mean?

And there a woman met him [with] the attire of a harlot and crafty a heart
וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב

וְהִנֵּ֣ה  And  there 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אִ֭שָּׁה  a  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
לִקְרָאת֑וֹ  met  him 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
שִׁ֥ית  [with]  the  attire 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שִׁית  
Sense: garment.
ז֝וֹנָ֗ה  of  a  harlot 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: זָנָה 
Sense: to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot.
וּנְצֻ֥רַת  and  crafty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular construct
Root: נְצוּרִים 
Sense: to guard, watch, watch over, keep.
לֵֽב  a  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.