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Proverbs 5:1-14

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121, attend untomywisdomלְחָכְמָתִ֣יle.cha.khe.ma.TiH2451,inclineהַט־hat-H5186thineearאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241tomyunderstandingלִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗יlit.vu.na.TiH8394;

2that thou mayestkeepH8104reflection,andthat thylipsשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָse.fa.Tei.khaH8193maypreserveH5341knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847.

3Forthelipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.TeiH8193ofthestrangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanH2114drophoneyנֹ֣פֶתNo.fetH5317,andhermouthחִכָּֽהּ׃chi.KahH2441issmootherthanoilמִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmi.She.menH8081;

4but herendוְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּVe.'a.cha.ri.tahH319isbitterמָרָ֣הma.RahH4751aswormwoodכַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הkha.la.'a.NahH3939,sharpחַ֝דָּ֗הcha.DahH2299asatwo-edgedswordכְּחֶ֣רֶבke.Che.revH2719.

5HerfeetH7272goH3381downtodeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194;herstepsצְעָדֶ֥יהָtze.'a.Dei.haH6806takeH3381holdH8551onSheolשְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.olH7585.

6Lestפֶּן־pen-H6435sheshouldponderthepathאֹ֣רַח'O.rachH734oflifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416,herwaysH734wanderנָע֥וּna.'UH5128,sheknowethnot[whither].

7AndnowH6258,children, hearken untome,anddepartתָּ֝ס֗וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493notfromthewordsH561ofmymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.

8RemoveH7368thywayדַרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870farהַרְחֵ֣קhar.ChekH7368fromher,andcomenotnighthedoorH6607ofherhouseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.TahH1004:

9lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thougiveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414thine honour untoothersלַאֲחֵרִ֣יםla.'a.che.RimH312,andthyyearsוּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָu.she.no.Tei.khaH8141untothecruelלְאַכְזָרִֽי׃le.'akh.za.RiH394;

10lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435strangersזָרִ֣יםza.RimH2114befilledwiththy wealth,andthefruitsofthy toil [come] intothehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofastranger;

11andthou mourninthineendבְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָve.'a.cha.ri.Te.khaH319,whenthyfleshבְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗be.sa.re.khaH1320andthybodyH1320areconsumed;

12andthousayוְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559,Howאֵ֭יךְ'eikhH349haveIhatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130instruction,andmyheartלִבִּֽי׃li.BiH3820despisedreproof!

13andIhavenothearkened untothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofmyteachersוְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יve.lim.la.me.DaiH3925,norinclinedH5186mineearאָזְנִֽי׃'a.ze.NiH241tothosethatinstructedH3384me;

14IwasH1961well nighinallevilH7451inthemidstH8432ofthecongregationוְעֵדָֽה׃ve.'e.DahH5712andassemblyקָהָ֣לka.HalH6951.

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