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Proverbs 4:1-4

1Hearשִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UH8085,ye childrenבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121,the instructionמ֣וּסַרMu.sarH4148of a fatherאָ֑ב'AvH1,and attendוְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּve.hak.Shi.vuH7181to knowלָדַ֥עַתla.Da.'atH3045understandingבִּינָֽה׃bi.NahH998.

2For I giveנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414you goodט֭וֹבTovH2896doctrineלֶ֣קַחLe.kachH3948,forsakeתַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ta.'a.ZouH5800ye not my lawתּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗יto.ra.TiH8451.

3For I was my father’sלְאָבִ֑יle.'a.ViH1sonבֵ֭ןvenH1121,tenderרַ֥ךְrakhH7390and onlyוְ֝יָחִ֗ידve.ya.ChidH3173belovedin the sightלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440of my motherאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517.

4He taughtוַיֹּרֵ֗נִיvai.yo.Re.niH3384me also, and saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Let thine heartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820retainיִֽתְמָךְ־yit.mokh-H8551my wordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697:keepשְׁמֹ֖רshe.MorH8104my commandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687,and liveוֶֽחְיֵֽה׃Vech.YehH2421.

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