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Proverbs 27:7-10

7The soulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315that is fullשְׂ֭בֵעָהSe.ve.'ahH7649loathesתָּב֣וּסta.VusH947honeyנֹ֑פֶתNo.fetH5317,but to a hungryרְ֝עֵבָ֗הre.'e.VahH7457soulוְנֶ֥פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315,anyכָּל־kol-H3605bitter thingמַ֥רmarH4751is sweetמָתֽוֹק׃ma.TokH4966.

8Like a birdכְּ֭צִפּוֹרKe.tzi.porH6833that straysנוֹדֶ֣דֶתno.De.detH5074fromמִן־min-H4480its nestקִנָּ֑הּki.NahH7064כֵּֽן־ken-H3651isa manאִ֝֗ישׁ'IshH376who wandersנוֹדֵ֥דno.DedH5074from his homeמִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725.

9Oilשֶׁ֣מֶןShe.menH8081and incenseוּ֭קְטֹרֶתU.ke.to.retH7004bring joyיְשַׂמַּֽח־ye.sa.mach-H8055to the heartלֵ֑בLevH3820,and the counselמֵֽעֲצַת־me.'a.tzat-H6098of a friendרֵ֝עֵ֗הוּre.'E.huH7453issweetnessוּמֶ֥תֶקu.Me.tekH4986to the soulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.

10Do notאַֽל־'al-H408forsakeתַּעֲזֹ֗בta.'a.ZoH5800your friendH7453or your father’sאָבִ֡יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1friendH7463,and do notאַל־'al-H408goתָּ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935to your brother’sאָחִ֗יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251houseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of your calamityאֵידֶ֑ךָ'ei.De.khaH343;betterט֥וֹבTovH2896a neighborשָׁכֵ֥ןsha.KhenH7934nearbyקָ֝ר֗וֹבka.RovH7138than a brotherמֵאָ֥חme.'AchH251far awayרָחֽוֹק׃ra.ChokH7350.

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