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Proverbs 26:20-23

20Withoutבְּאֶ֣פֶסbe.'E.fesH657woodעֵ֭צִים'E.tzimH6086,a fireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH784goes outתִּכְבֶּה־tikh.beh-H3518;withoutוּבְאֵ֥יןu.ve.'EinH369gossipנִ֝רְגָּ֗ןnir.GanH7279,a conflictמָדֽוֹן׃ma.DonH4066ceasesיִשְׁתֹּ֥קyish.TokH8367.

21Like charcoalפֶּחָ֣םpe.ChamH6352for embersלְ֭גֶחָלִיםLe.ge.cha.limH1513and woodוְעֵצִ֣יםve.'e.TzimH6086for fireלְאֵ֑שׁle.'EshH784,so is a quarrelsomeH4066manוְאִ֥ישׁve.'IshH376for kindlingלְחַרְחַר־le.char.char-H2787strifeרִֽיב׃ פRivH7379.

22The wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of a gossipנִ֭רְגָּןNir.gonH7279are like choice morselsכְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםke.mit.la.ha.MimH3859thatוְ֝הֵ֗םve.HemH1992go downיָרְד֥וּya.re.DuH3381into the inmost beingחַדְרֵי־ בָֽטֶן׃chad.rei- Va.tenH2315 H990.

23Like glazeכֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִיםKe.sef Si.gimH3701 H5509coveringמְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל־me.tzu.Peh 'al-H6823 H5921an earthen vesselחָ֑רֶשׂCha.resH2789are burningדֹּלְקִ֣יםdo.le.KimH1814lipsשְׂפָתַ֖יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193and a wickedרָֽע׃Ra'H7451heartוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820.

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