Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 5:3-8

3For the lipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.TeiH8193of a strange womanזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114dropתִּ֭טֹּפְנָהTi.to.fe.nahH5197asan honeycombנֹ֣פֶתNo.fetH5317,and her mouthחִכָּֽהּ׃chi.KahH2441issmootherוְחָלָ֖קve.cha.LakH2509than oilמִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmi.She.menH8081:

4But her endוְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּVe.'a.cha.ri.tahH319is bitterמָרָ֣הma.RahH4751as wormwoodכַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הkha.la.'a.NahH3939,sharpחַ֝דָּ֗הcha.DahH2299as a twoedgedפִּיּֽוֹת׃pi.YotH6310swordכְּחֶ֣רֶבke.Che.revH2719.

5Her feetרַ֭גְלֶיהָRag.lei.haH7272go downיֹרְד֣וֹתyo.re.DotH3381to deathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194;her stepsצְעָדֶ֥יהָtze.'a.Dei.haH6806take holdיִתְמֹֽכוּ׃yit.Mo.khuH8551on hellשְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.olH7585.

6Lest thou shouldest ponderתְּפַלֵּ֑סte.fa.LesH6424the pathאֹ֣רַח'O.rachH734of lifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416,her waysמַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָma'.ge.lo.Tei.haH4570are moveableנָע֥וּna.'UH5128, thatthou canst not knowתֵדָֽע׃ פte.Da'H3045them.

7Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085me now therefore, O ye childrenבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121,and departתָּ֝ס֗וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493not from the wordsמֵאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of my mouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.

8RemoveH7368thy wayדַרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870farהַרְחֵ֣קhar.ChekH7368from her, and come not nighתִּ֝קְרַ֗בtik.RavH7126the doorפֶּ֥תַחPe.tachH6607of her houseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.TahH1004:

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