The Meaning of Proverbs 7:19 Explained

Proverbs 7:19

KJV: For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

YLT: For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.

Darby: For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

ASV: For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the goodman  [is] not at home,  he is gone  a long  journey: 

What does Proverbs 7:19 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 7:19 mean?

For not my husband [is] at home He has gone on a journey long
כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין הָאִ֣ישׁ בְּבֵית֑וֹ הָ֝לַ֗ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק

הָאִ֣ישׁ  my  husband  [is] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בְּבֵית֑וֹ  at  home 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָ֝לַ֗ךְ  He  has  gone 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ  on  a  journey 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
מֵרָחֽוֹק  long 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָחֹוק  
Sense: remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones.