Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

Gerry,

 

I was thinking that the word spelled nun ayin vav could be the infinitive nun 
vav ayin with the middle vav left out, and the vav at the end could mean 
"it's" and not be the plural past ending. I think sometimes vavs are not 
written.

 

I also realize that "her paths" might say "her ways or her courses of action".

 

I think my translation of the quote is what the source text might say. "Life 
is a path. So that you will not make smooth it's wandering (life's wandering 
or unstable path), you will not know her path's (her ways)." 

 

The person is warning the son in the Proverb about foreign women whose 
footsteps lead to death in the line before this. I think this quote might say 
that you won't know her ways, so you can't smooth out your wandering life 
with her. 

 

I think words have more than one meaning, so it is a little difficult to 
decide exactly which meaning is right, but they are usually pretty close.

 

Kenneth Greifer
                                          
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