Proverbs 9:18
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. ”
קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
שְׁאוֹל
Sheol
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שְׁאוֹל
Hell, grave — sheol; the realm of the dead; David says even there God is present and the Holy One would not be abandoned to it
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יָדַע
he knows
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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רָפָא
the shades
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רָפָא
properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
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שָׁם
are there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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