The Meaning of Proverbs 7:21 Explained

Proverbs 7:21

KJV: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

YLT: She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

Darby: With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

ASV: With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

With her much  fair speech  she caused him to yield,  with the flattering  of her lips  she forced  him. 

What does Proverbs 7:21 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 7:21 mean?

She caused him to yield with her enticing speech with flattering her lips she seduced him
הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ

הִ֭טַּתּוּ  She  caused  him  to  yield 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָטָה 
Sense: to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow.
לִקְחָ֑הּ  her  enticing  speech 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: לֶקַח  
Sense: learning, teaching, insight.
בְּחֵ֥לֶק  with  flattering 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ  her  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ  she  seduced  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָדַח 
Sense: to impel, thrust, drive away, banish.