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Proverbs 7:7-23

7andIbeheld amongthesimpleones,IdiscernedH995amongthesonsבַבָּנִ֗יםva.ba.NimH1121,ayoungH5288manH5288voidofunderstandingH995,

8passingH5674throughthestreetnearhercornerפִּנָּ֑הּpi.NahH6438;andhewentthewayH1870toherhouseבֵּיתָ֣הּbei.TahH1004,

9inthetwilight,intheeveningבְּעֶ֥רֶבbe.'E.revH6153ofthedayי֑וֹםYomH3117,intheblacknessofnightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915andthedarknessוַאֲפֵלָֽה׃va.'a.fe.LahH653.

10Andbehold,theremethimawomanאִ֭שָּׁה'I.shahH802intheattireofaharlot,andsubtleofheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.

11Sheisclamorousandunmanageable;herfeetH7272abidenotinherhouseבְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּbe.vei.TahH1004:

12nowwithout,nowinthebroadways, —andshe liethinwaitתֶאֱרֹֽב׃te.'e.RoH693ateverycornerפִּנָּ֣הpi.NahH6438.

13AndshecaughthimandkissedH5401him,andwithanimpudentfaceפָ֝נֶ֗יהָfa.Nei.haH6440saidH559untohim,

14Ihavepeace-offeringswithme;thisdayהַ֝יּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117haveIpaidmyvowsנְדָרָֽי׃ne.da.RaiH5088:

15thereforeH3651cameיָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318IforthH3318tomeetthee,toseekלְשַׁחֵ֥רle.sha.CherH7836earnestlyH7836thyfaceפָּ֝נֶ֗יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440,andIhavefoundH4672thee.

16Ihavedeckedmybedwithtapestry coverletsofvariegated linenfromEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714;

17I have perfumedmycouchwithmyrrhמֹ֥רmorH4753,aloes,andcinnamonוְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ve.ki.na.MonH7076.

18Come, let us revelinloveuntilthemorningהַבֹּ֑קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242, let usdelightourselveswithloves.

19Forthehusbandהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376isnotathome,heisgoneH1980alongjourneyבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870;

20hehathtakenH3947themoney-bagwithhim,hewillcomeיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935homeonthedayלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117ofthefullmoonהַ֝כֵּ֗סֶאha.Ke.se'H3677.

21Withhermuchenticementshebeguiledhim;withthesmoothnessofherlipsשְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָSe.fa.Tei.haH8193sheconstrainedhim.

22HewentH1980afterherstraightway,asanoxכְּ֭שׁוֹרKe.shorH7794goethtotheslaughterטָ֣בַחTa.vachH2874,andasstocks [serve]forthecorrectionH4148ofthefoolאֱוִֽיל׃'e.VilH191;

23tillanarrowחֵ֡ץchetzH2671strikethroughhisliverכְּֽבֵד֗וֹke.ve.DoH3516:asabirdצִפּ֣וֹרtzi.PorH6833hastethtothesnareH6341,andknowethnotthatitisforitslifeבְנַפְשׁ֥וֹve.naf.ShoH5315.

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