Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 30:1-4

1The wordsדִּבְרֵ֤י׀div.ReiH1697of Agurאָג֥וּר'a.GurH94the sonבִּן־bin-H1121of Jakehיָקֶ֗הya.KehH3348, eventhe prophecyהַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥אha.Ma.Sa'H4853:the manהַ֭גֶּבֶרHa.ge.verH1397spakeנְאֻ֣םne.'UmH5002unto Ithielלְאִֽיתִיאֵ֑לle.'i.ti.'ElH384,even unto Ithielלְאִ֖יתִיאֵ֣לle.'I.ti.'ElH384and Ucalוְאֻכָֽל׃ve.'u.KhalH401,

2Surely I ammore brutishבַ֣עַרVa.'arH1198than anymanמֵאִ֑ישׁme.'IshH376,and have not the understandingבִינַ֖תvi.NatH998of a manאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120.

3I neither learnedלָמַ֥דְתִּיla.Mad.tiH3925wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451,nor haveאֵדָֽע׃'e.Da'H3045the knowledgeוְדַ֖עַתve.Da.'atH1847of the holyקְדֹשִׁ֣יםke.do.ShimH6918.

4Who hath ascended upעָלָֽה־'a.lah-H5927into heavenשָׁמַ֨יִם׀sha.Ma.yimH8064,or descendedוַיֵּרַ֡דvai.ye.RadH3381?who hath gatheredאָֽסַף־'a.saf-H622the windר֨וּחַ׀Ru.achH7307in his fistsבְּחָפְנָ֡יוbe.cha.fe.NavH2651?who hath boundצָֽרַר־tza.rar-H6887the watersמַ֨יִם׀Ma.yimH4325in a garmentבַּשִּׂמְלָ֗הba.sim.LahH8071?who hath establishedהֵקִ֣יםhe.KimH6965all the endsאַפְסֵי־'af.sei-H657of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776? what ishis nameשְּׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034, and what ishis son’sבְּ֝נ֗וֹbe.NoH1121nameשֶּׁם־shem-H8034,if thou canst tellתֵדָֽע׃te.Da'H3045?

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