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Proverbs 30:15-23

15The leechלַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה׀la.'a.lu.KahH5936has twoשְׁתֵּ֥יshe.TeiH8147daughtersבָנוֹת֮va.nOtH1323:Giveהַ֤ב׀havH3051andGiveהַ֥בhavH3051.Thereהֵ֭נָּהHe.nahH2007are threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969things thatare neverלֹ֣אlo'H3808satisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָהtis.Ba'.nahH7646,fourאַ֝רְבַּ֗ע'ar.Ba'H702thatneverלֹא־lo'-H3808sayאָ֥מְרוּ'A.me.ruH559, ‘Enoughהֽוֹן׃HonH1952!’:

16Sheolשְׁאוֹל֮she.'OlH7585,the barrenוְעֹ֪צֶ֫רve.'O.TzerH6115wombרָ֥חַםRa.chamH7356,landאֶ֭רֶץ'E.retzH776neverלֹא־lo'-H3808satisfiedשָׂ֣בְעָהSa.ve.'ahH7646with waterמַּ֑יִםMa.yimH4325,and fireוְ֝אֵ֗שׁve.'EshH784that neverלֹא־lo'-H3808saysאָ֥מְרָה'A.me.rahH559, ‘Enoughהֽוֹן׃HonH1952!’

17As for the eyeעַ֤יִן׀'A.yinH5869thatmocksתִּֽלְעַ֣גtil.'AgH3932a fatherלְאָב֮le.'AvH1and scornsוְתָב֪וּזve.ta.VuzH936obedienceלִֽיקֲּהַ֫ת־li.ka.Hat-H3349to a motherאֵ֥ם'emH517,may the ravensעֹרְבֵי־'o.re.vei-H6158of the valleyנַ֑חַלNa.chalH5158pluck it outיִקְּר֥וּהָyi.ke.Ru.haH5365and youngבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121vulturesנָֽשֶׁר׃ פNa.sherH5404devour itוְֽיֹאכְל֥וּהָve.yo.khe.Lu.haH398.

18Thereהֵ֭מָּהHe.mahH1992are threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969thingstoo wonderfulנִפְלְא֣וּnif.le.'UH6381for meמִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.niH4480,fourוְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗הve.'ar.ba'H702that I cannotלֹ֣אlo'H3808understandיְדַעְתִּֽים׃ye.da'.TimH3045:

19the wayדֶּ֤רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of an eagleהַנֶּ֨שֶׁר׀ha.Ne.sherH5404in the skyבַּשָּׁמַיִם֮ba.sha.ma.YimH8064,the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of a snakeנָחָ֗שׁna.ChashH5175onעֲלֵ֫י'a.LeiH5921a rockצ֥וּרtzurH6697,the wayדֶּֽרֶךְ־de.rekh-H1870of a shipאֳנִיָּ֥ה'o.ni.YahH591at seaבְלֶב־ יָ֑םve.lev- YamH3820 H3220,and the wayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870of a manגֶּ֣בֶרGe.verH1397with a maidenבְּעַלְמָֽה׃be.'al.MahH5959.

20Thisכֵּ֤ן׀kenH3651is the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of an adulteressאִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת'i.Shah me.Na.'A.fetH802 H5003:She eatsאָ֭כְלָה'A.khe.lahH398and wipesוּמָ֣חֲתָהu.Ma.cha.tahH4229her mouthפִ֑יהָFi.haH6310and saysוְ֝אָמְרָ֗הve.'a.me.RahH559, ‘I have doneפָעַ֥לְתִּיfa.'Al.tiH6466nothingלֹֽא־lo'-H3808wrongאָֽוֶן׃ פ'A.venH205.’

21Underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478three thingsשָׁ֭לוֹשׁSha.lo.oshH7969the earthאֶ֑רֶץ'E.retzH776tremblesרָ֣גְזָהRa.ge.zahH7264,underוְתַ֥חַתve.Ta.chatH8478fourאַ֝רְבַּ֗ע'ar.Ba'H702it cannotלֹא־ תוּכַ֥לlo'- tu.KhalH3808 H3201bear upשְׂאֵֽת׃se.'EtH5375:

22תַּֽחַת־ta.chat-H8478a servantעֶ֭בֶד'E.vedH5650whoכִּ֣יkiH3588becomes kingיִמְל֑וֹךְyim.LokhH4427,a foolוְ֝נָבָ֗לve.na.ValH5036whoכִּ֣יkiH3588is filledיִֽשְׂבַּֽע־yis.ba'-H7646with foodלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899,

23תַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478an unloved womanשְׂ֭נוּאָהSe.nu.'ahH8130whoכִּ֣יkiH3588marriesתִבָּעֵ֑לti.ba.'ElH1166,and a maidservantוְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗הve.shif.ChahH8198whoכִּֽי־ki-H3588supplantsתִירַ֥שׁti.RashH3423her mistressגְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃ פge.vir.TahH1404.

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