Proverbs 5:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Young's Literal Translation
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

King James Bible
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Hebrew
Why
וְלָ֤מָּה (wə·lām·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

be captivated,
תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה (ṯiš·geh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7686: To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured

my son,
בְנִ֣י (ḇə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

by an adulteress,
בְזָרָ֑ה (ḇə·zā·rāh)
Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

or embrace
וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק (ū·ṯə·ḥab·bêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2263: To clasp, embrace

the bosom
חֵ֣ק (ḥêq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2436: The bosom

of a stranger?
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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