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Proverbs 1:2-7

2ToknowH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451andinstruction;TodiscernH995thewordsאִמְרֵ֥י'im.ReiH561ofunderstandingH995;

3Toreceiveלָ֭קַחַתLa.ka.chatH3947instructioninwiseH7919dealing,Inrighteousnessצֶ֥דֶקTze.dekH6664andjusticeוּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טu.mish.PatH4941andequity;

4Togiveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414prudenceעָרְמָ֑ה'a.re.MahH6195tothesimple,TotheyoungH5288manH5288knowledgeדַּ֣עַתDa.'atH1847anddiscretionוּמְזִמָּֽה׃u.me.zi.MahH4209:

5ThatthewiseH2450manmayhearH8085,andincreaseוְי֣וֹסֶףve.Yo.sefH3254inlearning;AndthatthemanofunderstandingH995mayattain untosoundcounsels:

6Tounderstandלְהָבִ֣יןle.ha.VinH995aproverbמָ֭שָׁלMa.sholH4912,andafigure,Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofthewiseH2450,andtheirdarksayings.

7Thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374ofJehovahisthebeginningofknowledgeדָּ֑עַתDa.'atH1847;Butthefoolishdespiseבָּֽזוּ׃ פBa.zuH936wisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andinstruction.

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