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Proverbs 6:1-5

1My sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifאִם־'im-H518you have put up securityעָרַ֣בְתָּ'a.Rav.taH6148for your neighborלְרֵעֶ֑ךָle.re.'E.khaH7453,if you have struck hands in pledgeתָּקַ֖עְתָּ כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ta.Ka'.ta ka.Pei.khaH8628 H3709with a strangerלַזָּ֣רla.ZarH2114,

2if you have been trappedנוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּno.Kash.taH3369by the wordsבְאִמְרֵי־ve.'im.rei-H561of your lipsפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310,ensnaredנִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּnil.Kad.taH3920by the wordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of your mouthפִֽיךָ׃Fi.khaH6310,

3thenאֵפ֪וֹא׀'e.Fo'H645doעֲשֵׂ֨ה'a.SehH6213thisזֹ֥אתzotH2063,my sonבְּנִ֡יbe.NiH1121,to free yourselfוְֽהִנָּצֵ֗לve.hi.na.TzelH5337,forכִּ֘יkiH3588you have fallenבָ֤אתָVa.taH935into your neighbor’sרֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaH7453handsבְכַף־ve.khaf-H3709:Goלֵ֥ךְlekhH1980,humble yourselfהִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗סhit.ra.PesH7511,and press your pleaוּרְהַ֥בu.re.HavH7292with your neighborרֵעֶֽיךָ׃re.'Ei.khaH7453.

4Allowתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414noאַל־'al-H408sleepשֵׁנָ֣הshe.NahH8142to your eyesלְעֵינֶ֑יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869or slumberוּ֝תְנוּמָ֗הu.te.nu.MahH8572to your eyelidsלְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃le.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079.

5Free yourselfהִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzelH5337,like a gazelleכִּצְבִ֣יkitz.ViH6643from the handמִיָּ֑דmi.YadH3027of the hunter,like a birdוּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.PorH6833from the snareמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of the fowlerיָקֽוּשׁ׃ פya.KushH3353.

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