Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 4:3-9

3For I was my father’sלְאָבִ֑יle.'a.ViH1sonבֵ֭ןvenH1121,tenderרַ֥ךְrakhH7390and onlyוְ֝יָחִ֗ידve.ya.ChidH3173belovedin the sightלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440of my motherאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517.

4He taughtוַיֹּרֵ֗נִיvai.yo.Re.niH3384me also, and saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Let thine heartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820retainיִֽתְמָךְ־yit.mokh-H8551my wordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697:keepשְׁמֹ֖רshe.MorH8104my commandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687,and liveוֶֽחְיֵֽה׃Vech.YehH2421.

5Getקְנֵ֣הke.NehH7069wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451,getקְנֵ֣הke.NehH7069understandingבִינָ֑הvi.NahH998:forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911itnot; neither declineתֵּ֝֗טTetH5186from the wordsמֵֽאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of my mouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.

6Forsakeתַּעַזְבֶ֥הָta.'az.Ve.haH5800her not, and she shall preserveוְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּve.tish.me.Re.kaH8104thee: loveאֱהָבֶ֥הָ'e.ha.Ve.haH157her, and she shall keepוְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ve.ti.tze.Re.kaH5341thee.

7Wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451isthe principal thingרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225; thereforegetH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451:and with all thy gettingקִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗kin.ya.ne.chaH7075get understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.

8Exaltסַלְסְלֶ֥הָsal.se.Le.haH5549her, and she shall promoteוּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּu.te.ro.Me.kaH7311thee: she shall bring thee to honourתְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָte.kha.Be.de.khaH3513,when thou dost embraceתְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃te.chab.be.Ke.nahH2263her.

9She shall giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414to thine headלְ֭רֹאשְׁךָLe.ro.she.khaH7218an ornamentלִוְיַת־liv.yat-H3880of graceחֵ֑ןChenH2580:a crownעֲטֶ֖רֶת'a.Te.retH5850of gloryתִּפְאֶ֣רֶתtif.'E.retH8597shall she deliverתְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃te.ma.ge.Ne.kaH4042to thee.

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