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Proverbs 6:1-5

1My sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifאִם־'im-H518you have becomeH6148aH6148guarantorH6148for your neighborלְרֵעֶ֑ךָle.re.'E.khaH7453, Orhave givenH8628a handshakeכַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ka.Pei.khaH8628 H3709for a strangerלַזָּ֣רla.ZarH2114,

2Ifyou have been ensnaredנוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּno.Kash.taH3369by the wordsבְאִמְרֵי־ve.'im.rei-H561of your mouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310, Orcaughtנִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּnil.Kad.taH3920by the wordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of your mouthפִֽיךָ׃Fi.khaH6310,

3Thenאֵפ֪וֹא׀'e.Fo'H645doעֲשֵׂ֨ה'a.SehH6213thisH2088,my sonבְּנִ֡יbe.NiH1121,and saveוְֽהִנָּצֵ֗לve.hi.na.TzelH5337yourself:Sinceכִּ֘יkiH3588you have comeבָ֤אתָVa.taH935into thehandבְכַף־ve.khaf-H3709of your neighborרֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaH7453,Goלֵ֥ךְlekhH1980,humbleהִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗סhit.ra.PesH7511yourself, and beH7292urgentH7292withH7292your neighborרֵעֶֽיךָ׃re.'Ei.khaH7453to free yourself.

4Giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414nosleepשֵׁנָ֣הshe.NahH8142to your eyesלְעֵינֶ֑יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,Norאַל־'al-H408slumberוּ֝תְנוּמָ֗הu.te.nu.MahH8572to your eyelidsלְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃le.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079;

5Saveהִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzelH5337yourself like a gazelleכִּצְבִ֣יkitz.ViH6643from the hunter’shandמִיָּ֑דmi.YadH3027, And like abirdוּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.PorH6833from the handמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of the fowlerיָקֽוּשׁ׃ פya.KushH3353.

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