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Proverbs 5:15-20

15Drinkשְׁתֵה־she.teh-H8354watersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325out of thine own cisternמִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmi.bo.Re.khaH953,and running watersוְ֝נֹזְלִ֗יםve.no.ze.LimH5140out ofמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432thine own wellבְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃be.'e.Re.khaH875.

16Let thy fountainsמַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָma'.ye.no.Tei.khaH4599be dispersedיָפ֣וּצוּya.Fu.tzuH6327abroadח֑וּצָהChu.tzahH2351, andriversפַּלְגֵי־pal.gei-H6388of watersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325in the streetsבָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹתba.re.cho.VotH7339.

17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’לְזָרִ֣יםle.za.RimH2114with thee.

18Let thy fountainמְקוֹרְךָ֥me.kor.ChaH4726be blessedבָר֑וּךְva.RukhH1288:and rejoiceוּ֝שְׂמַ֗חu.se.MachH8055with the wifeמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetH802of thy youthנְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ne.'u.Re.khaH5271.

19Let her be asthe lovingאֲהָבִ֗ים'a.ha.VimH158hindH365and pleasantחֵ֥ןchenH2580roeוְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ve.ya.'a.Lat-H3280;let her breastsדַּ֭דֶּיהָDa.dei.haH1717satisfyיְרַוֻּ֣ךָye.ra.Vu.khaH7301thee at all timesעֵ֑ת'EtH6256;and be thou ravishedתִּשְׁגֶּ֥הtish.GehH7686alwaysתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548with her loveבְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּbe.'a.ha.va.TahH160.

20And why wilt thou, my sonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121,be ravishedתִשְׁגֶּ֣הtish.GehH7686with a strange womanבְזָרָ֑הve.za.RahH2114,and embraceוּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗קu.te.cha.BekH2263the bosomחֵ֣קchekH2436of a strangerנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237?

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