Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 1:2-7

2To knowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451and instructionוּמוּסָ֑רu.mu.SarH4148;to perceiveלְ֝הָבִ֗יןle.ha.VinH995the wordsאִמְרֵ֥י'im.ReiH561of understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998;

3To receiveלָ֭קַחַתLa.ka.chatH3947the instructionמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148of wisdomהַשְׂכֵּ֑לhas.KelH7919,justiceצֶ֥דֶקTze.dekH6664,and judgmentוּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טu.mish.PatH4941,and equityוּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃u.mei.sha.RimH4339;

4To giveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414subtiltyעָרְמָ֑ה'a.re.MahH6195to the simpleלִפְתָאיִ֣םlif.ta.YimH6612,to the young manלְ֝נַ֗עַרle.Na.'arH5288knowledgeדַּ֣עַתDa.'atH1847and discretionוּמְזִמָּֽה׃u.me.zi.MahH4209.

5A wiseחָ֭כָםCha.khomH2450manwill hearיִשְׁמַ֣עyish.Ma'H8085,and will increaseוְי֣וֹסֶףve.Yo.sefH3254learningלֶ֑קַחLe.kachH3948;and a man of understandingוְ֝נָב֗וֹןve.na.VonH995shall attainיִקְנֶֽה׃yik.NehH7069unto wise counselsתַּחְבֻּל֥וֹתtach.bu.LotH8458:

6To understandלְהָבִ֣יןle.ha.VinH995a proverbמָ֭שָׁלMa.sholH4912,and the interpretationוּמְלִיצָ֑הu.me.li.TzahH4426;the wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of the wiseחֲ֝כָמִ֗יםcha.kha.MimH2450,and their dark sayingsוְחִידֹתָֽם׃ve.chi.do.TamH2420.

7The fearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374of Yhwhיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068isthe beginningרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225of knowledgeדָּ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: butfoolsאֱוִילִ֥ים'e.vi.LimH191despiseבָּֽזוּ׃ פBa.zuH936wisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451and instructionוּ֝מוּסָ֗רu.mu.SarH4148.

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