Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 7:1-5

1My sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,keepשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104my wordsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561,and lay upתִּצְפֹּ֥ןtitz.PonH6845my commandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687with thee.

2Keepשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104my commandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687,and liveוֶחְיֵ֑הvech.YehH2421;and my lawוְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יve.to.ra.TiH8451as the appleכְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.ShonH380of thine eyeעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

3Bindקָשְׁרֵ֥םka.she.RemH7194them upon thy fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ'etz.be.'o.Tei.khaH676,writeכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םka.te.VemH3789them upon the tableל֥וּחַLu.achH3871of thine heartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820.

4Sayאֱמֹ֣ר'e.MorH559unto wisdomלַֽ֭חָכְמָהLa.cha.khe.mahH2451, Thou artmy sisterאֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.tiH269;and callתִקְרָֽא׃tik.Ra'H7121understandingלַבִּינָ֥הla.bi.NahH998thykinswomanוּ֝מֹדָ֗עu.mo.Da'H4129:

5That they may keepלִ֭שְׁמָרְךָLish.ma.re.khaH8104thee from the strangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802,from the strangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmi.na.khe.ri.YahH5237whichflatterethהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃he.che.Li.kahH2505with her wordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561.

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