Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 2:10-19

10When wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451enterethתָב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935into thine heartבְלִבֶּ֑ךָve.li.Be.khaH3820,and knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847is pleasantיִנְעָֽם׃yin.'AmH5276unto thy soulלְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥le.naf.she.KhaH5315;

11Discretionמְ֭זִמָּהMe.zi.mahH4209shall preserveתִּשְׁמֹ֥רtish.MorH8104thee, understandingתְּבוּנָ֥הte.vu.NahH8394shall keepתִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃tin.tze.Re.kahH5341thee:

12To deliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337thee from the wayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870of the evilרָ֑עRa'H7451man,from the manמֵ֝אִ֗ישׁme.'IshH376that speakethמְדַבֵּ֥רme.da.BerH1696perverse thingsתַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃tah.pu.KhotH8419;

13Who leaveהַ֭עֹ֣זְבִיםha.'O.ze.vimH5800the pathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734of uprightnessיֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sherH3476,to walkH3212in the waysבְּדַרְכֵי־be.dar.khei-H1870of darknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822;

14Who rejoiceהַ֭שְּׂמֵחִיםHa.se.me.chimH8056to doלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213evilרָ֑עRa'H7451, anddelightיָ֝גִ֗ילוּya.Gi.luH1523in the perversenessבְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹתbe.tah.pu.KhotH8419of the wickedרָֽע׃Ra'H7451;

15Whose waysאָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם'a.re.cho.tei.HemH734arecrookedעִקְּשִׁ֑ים'i.ke.ShimH6141, and theypervertedוּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗יםu.ne.lo.ZimH3868in their pathsבְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃be.ma'.ge.lo.TamH4570:

16To deliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337thee from the strangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802, evenfrom the strangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmi.na.khe.ri.YahH5237whichflatterethהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃he.che.Li.kahH2505with her wordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561;

17Which forsakethהַ֭עֹזֶבֶתHa.'o.ze.vetH5800the guideאַלּ֣וּף'a.LufH441of her youthנְעוּרֶ֑יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271,and forgettethשָׁכֵֽחָה׃sha.Khe.chahH7911the covenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285of her Godאֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430.

18For her houseבֵּיתָ֑הּbei.TahH1004inclinethשָׁ֣חָהSha.chahH7743unto deathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194,and her pathsמַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ma'.ge.lo.Tei.haH4570unto the deadרְ֝פָאִ֗יםre.fa.'ImH7496.

19None that goבָּ֭אֶיהָBa.'ei.haH935unto her return againיְשׁוּב֑וּןye.shu.VunH7725,neither take they holdיַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּya.Si.guH5381of the pathsאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734of lifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416.

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