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Proverbs 7:21-23

21With her muchבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230fair speechלִקְחָ֑הּlik.ChahH3948she caused him to yieldהִ֭טַּתּוּHi.ta.tuH5186,with the flatteringבְּחֵ֥לֶקbe.Che.lekH2506of her lipsשְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָSe.fa.Tei.haH8193she forcedתַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ta.di.Che.nuH5080him.

22He goethה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְho.LekhH1980afterאַחֲרֶ֗יהָ'a.cha.Rei.haH310her straightwayפִּ֫תְאֹ֥םpit.'OmH6597,as an oxכְּ֭שׁוֹרKe.shorH7794goethיָב֑וֹאya.Vo'H935to the slaughterטָ֣בַחTa.vachH2874,or as a foolאֱוִֽיל׃'e.VilH191to the correctionמוּסַ֥רmu.SarH4148of the stocksוּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶסu.khe.'E.khesH5914;

23Till a dartחֵ֡ץchetzH2671strikeיְפַלַּ֪חye.fa.LachH6398through his liverכְּֽבֵד֗וֹke.ve.DoH3516;as a birdצִפּ֣וֹרtzi.PorH6833hastethכְּמַהֵ֣רke.ma.HerH4116to the snareפָּ֑חPachH6341,and knowethיָ֝דַ֗עya.Da'H3045not that it isfor his lifeבְנַפְשׁ֥וֹve.naf.ShoH5315.

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