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Proverbs 6:1-5

1My sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,if thou be suretyעָרַ֣בְתָּ'a.Rav.taH6148for thy friendלְרֵעֶ֑ךָle.re.'E.khaH7453, ifthou hast strickenתָּקַ֖עְתָּta.Ka'.taH8628thy handכַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ka.Pei.khaH3709with a strangerלַזָּ֣רla.ZarH2114,

2Thou art snaredנוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּno.Kash.taH3369with the wordsבְאִמְרֵי־ve.'im.rei-H561of thy mouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310,thou art takenנִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּnil.Kad.taH3920with the wordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of thy mouthפִֽיךָ׃Fi.khaH6310.

3Doעֲשֵׂ֨ה'a.SehH6213this nowאֵפ֪וֹא׀'e.Fo'H645,my sonבְּנִ֡יbe.NiH1121,and deliverוְֽהִנָּצֵ֗לve.hi.na.TzelH5337thyself, when thou art comeבָ֤אתָVa.taH935into the handבְכַף־ve.khaf-H3709of thy friendרֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaH7453;goH3212,humbleהִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗סhit.ra.PesH7511thyself, and make sureוּרְהַ֥בu.re.HavH7292thy friendרֵעֶֽיךָ׃re.'Ei.khaH7453.

4Giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414not sleepשֵׁנָ֣הshe.NahH8142to thine eyesלְעֵינֶ֑יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,nor slumberוּ֝תְנוּמָ֗הu.te.nu.MahH8572to thine eyelidsלְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃le.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079.

5Deliverהִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzelH5337thyself as a roeכִּצְבִ֣יkitz.ViH6643from the handמִיָּ֑דmi.YadH3027of the hunter,and as a birdוּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.PorH6833from the handמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of the fowlerיָקֽוּשׁ׃ פya.KushH3353.

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