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Proverbs 6:1-5

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifthou artbecomesuretyעָרַ֣בְתָּ'a.Rav.taH6148forthyneighborH7453,Ifthou hast stricken thyhandsH3709forastranger;

2Thou artsnaredwiththewordsבְאִמְרֵי־ve.'im.rei-H561ofthymouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310, Thou arttakenH3920withthewordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561ofthymouthפִֽיךָ׃Fi.khaH6310.

3Dothisnow,mysonבְּנִ֡יbe.NiH1121,anddeliverוְֽהִנָּצֵ֗לve.hi.na.TzelH5337thyself,Seeingthou artcomeבָ֤אתָVa.taH935intothehandH3709ofthyneighborרֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaH7453:GoH935,humblethyself,andimportunethyneighborרֵעֶֽיךָ׃re.'Ei.khaH7453;

4Giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414notsleepשֵׁנָ֣הshe.NahH8142tothineeyesלְעֵינֶ֑יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,Norslumberוּ֝תְנוּמָ֗הu.te.nu.MahH8572tothineeyelidsלְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃le.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079;

5Deliverהִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzelH5337thyselfasaroefromthehandמִיָּ֑דmi.YadH3027ofthehunter,Andasabirdוּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.PorH6833fromthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027ofthefowlerיָקֽוּשׁ׃ פya.KushH3353.

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