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Proverbs 16:21-24

21The wiseלַחֲכַם־la.cha.kham-H2450in heartלֵ֭בlevH3820are calledיִקָּרֵ֣אyi.ka.Re'H7121discerningנָב֑וֹןna.VonH995,and pleasantוּמֶ֥תֶקu.Me.tekH4986speechשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimH8193promotesיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254instructionלֶֽקַח׃Le.kachH3948.

22Understandingשֵׂ֣כֶלSe.khelH7922is a fountainמְק֣וֹרme.KorH4726of lifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416to its possessorבְּעָלָ֑יוbe.'a.LavH1167,but the disciplineוּמוּסַ֖רu.mu.SarH4148of foolsאֱוִלִ֣ים'e.vi.LimH191is follyאִוֶּֽלֶת׃'i.Ve.letH200.

23The heartלֵ֣בlevH3820of the wiseחָ֭כָםCha.khomH2450maninstructsיַשְׂכִּ֣ילyas.KilH7919his mouthפִּ֑יהוּPi.huH6310and addsיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254persuasivenessלֶֽקַח׃Le.kachH3948toוְעַל־ve.'a.lS-H5921his lipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193.

24Pleasantנֹ֑עַםNo.'amH5278wordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561are a honeycombצוּף־ דְּ֭בַשׁtzuf- De.vashH6688 H1706,sweetמָת֥וֹקma.TokH4966to the soulלַ֝נֶּפֶשׁLa.ne.feshH5315and healingוּמַרְפֵּ֥אu.mar.Pe'H4832to the bonesלָעָֽצֶם׃la.'A.tzemH6106.

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