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Proverbs 30:18-31

18Therearethreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969[thingsH7969]toowonderfulנִפְלְא֣וּnif.le.'UH6381forme,andfourוְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗הve.'ar.ba'H702thatIknowיְדַעְתִּֽים׃ye.da'.TimH3045not:

19Thewayדֶּ֤רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofaneagleהַנֶּ֨שֶׁר׀ha.Ne.sherH5404intheheavensבַּשָּׁמַיִם֮ba.sha.ma.YimH8064,thewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofaserpentuponarockצ֥וּרtzurH6697,thewayדֶּֽרֶךְ־de.rekh-H1870ofashipאֳנִיָּ֥ה'o.ni.YahH591inthemidstoftheseaיָ֑םYamH3220,andthewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofamanגֶּ֣בֶרGe.verH1397withamaid.

20Suchisthewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofanadulterousמְנָ֫אָ֥פֶתme.Na.'A.fetH5003womanאִשָּׁ֗ה'i.ShahH802:sheeateth,andwipethhermouthפִ֑יהָFi.haH6310,andsaith,Ihavedonenowickednessאָֽוֶן׃ פ'A.venH205.

21Underthreeשָׁ֭לוֹשׁSha.lo.oshH7969[thingsH7969]theearthאֶ֑רֶץ'E.retzH776isdisquieted,andunderfourאַ֝רְבַּ֗ע'ar.Ba'H702itcannotbearשְׂאֵֽת׃se.'EtH5375up:

22UnderaservantH5650whenhereigneth,andachurlwhenheisfilledwithmeat;

23underanodious [woman]whensheismarriedH1166,andahandmaidwhensheisheirtohermistressגְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃ פge.vir.TahH1404.

24Therearefourאַרְבָּ֣עָה'ar.Ba.'ahH702[thingsH702]littleH6996upontheearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,andtheyareexceedingwiseחֲכָמִ֥יםcha.kha.MimH2450:

25Theants,apeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971notstrongעָ֑ז'AzH5794,yettheyprovidetheirfoodלַחְמָֽם׃lach.MamH3899inthesummerבַקַּ֣יִץva.Ka.yitzH7019;

26therock-badgersarebutafeeble folk,yettheymakeH7760theirhouseH1004inthecliffH5553;

27thelocustsלָאַרְבֶּ֑הla.'ar.BehH697havenokingמֶ֭לֶךְMe.lekhH4428,yettheygoH3318forthH3318allofthembybands;

28thou takestholdofthelizardwiththehandsבְּיָדַ֣יִםbe.ya.Da.yimH3027, yetissheinkings'palacesH1964.

29Therearethreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969[thingsH7969] which haveastatelystep,andfourוְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗הve.'ar.ba.'AhH702arecomelyingoing:

30Thelionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918,mightyגִּבּ֣וֹרgi.BorH1368amongbeasts,whichturnethnotawayH7725forany;

31a[horse] girtintheloinsמָתְנַ֣יִםma.te.Na.yimH4975;orthehe-goat;andakingוּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428,againstwhom none can riseup.

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