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Proverbs 31:4-7

4It is notאַ֤ל'alH408for kingsלַֽמְלָכִ֨ים׀lam.la.KhimH4428,O Lemuelלְֽמוֹאֵ֗לle.mo.'ElH3927,it is notאַ֣ל'alH408for kingsלַֽמְלָכִ֣יםlam.la.KhimH4428to drinkשְׁתוֹ־she.tov-H8354wineיָ֑יִןYa.yinH3196,or for rulersוּ֝לְרוֹזְנִ֗יםu.le.roz.NimH7336to craveH176strong drinkשֵׁכָֽר׃she.KharH7941,

5lestפֶּן־pen-H6435they drinkיִ֭שְׁתֶּהYish.tehH8354and forgetוְיִשְׁכַּ֣חve.yish.KachH7911what is decreedמְחֻקָּ֑קme.chu.KakH2710,deprivingוִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּהVi.sha.nehH8138allכָּל־kol-H3605the oppressedבְּנֵי־ עֹֽנִי׃be.nei- 'O.niH1121 H6040of justiceדִּ֣יןdinH1779.

6Giveתְּנוּ־te.nu-H5414strong drinkשֵׁכָ֣רshe.KharH7941to one who is perishingלְאוֹבֵ֑דle.'o.VedH6,and wineוְ֝יַיִןVe.ya.yinH3196to the bitterלְמָ֣רֵיle.Ma.reiH4751in soulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.

7Let him drinkיִ֭שְׁתֶּהYish.tehH8354and forgetוְיִשְׁכַּ֣חve.yish.KachH7911his povertyרִישׁ֑וֹri.ShoH7389,and rememberיִזְכָּר־yiz.kor-H2142his miseryוַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹva.'a.ma.LoH5999noלֹ֣אlo'H3808moreעֽוֹד׃odH5750.

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