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Proverbs 4:1-4

1Listenשִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UH8085,my sonsבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121,to a father’sאָ֑ב'AvH1instructionמ֣וּסַרMu.sarH4148;pay attentionוְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּve.hak.Shi.vuH7181and gainלָדַ֥עַתla.Da.'atH3045understandingבִּינָֽה׃bi.NahH998.

2Forכִּ֤יkiH3588I giveנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414yousoundט֭וֹבTovH2896teachingלֶ֣קַחLe.kachH3948;do notאַֽל־'al-H408abandonתַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ta.'a.ZouH5800my directiveתּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗יto.ra.TiH8451.

3Whenכִּי־ki-H3588I wasהָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961a sonבֵ֭ןvenH1121to my fatherלְאָבִ֑יle.'a.ViH1,tenderרַ֥ךְrakhH7390and the only childוְ֝יָחִ֗ידve.ya.ChidH3173ofלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440my motherאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517,

4he taughtוַיֹּרֵ֗נִיvai.yo.Re.niH3384meand saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Let your heartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820lay holdיִֽתְמָךְ־yit.mokh-H8551of my wordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697;keepשְׁמֹ֖רshe.MorH8104my commandsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687and you will liveוֶֽחְיֵֽה׃Vech.YehH2421.

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