The Meaning of Proverbs 7:26 Explained

Proverbs 7:26

KJV: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

YLT: For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones.

Darby: for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.

ASV: For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For she hath cast down  many  wounded:  yea, many strong  [men] have been slain  by her. 

What does Proverbs 7:26 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 7:26 mean?

For many wounded she has cast down and were strong [men] all who were slain by her
כִּֽי־ רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים כָּל־ הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ

רַבִּ֣ים  many 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
חֲלָלִ֣ים  wounded 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
הִפִּ֑ילָה  she  has  cast  down 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים  and  were  strong  [men] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עָצוּם  
Sense: mighty, vast, numerous.
הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ  who  were  slain  by  her 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: הָרַג  
Sense: to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand.