Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 1:2-7

2Toknowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451andinstructionוּמוּסָ֑רu.mu.SarH4148; todiscernH995thewordsאִמְרֵ֥י'im.ReiH561ofunderstandingH995;

3Toreceiveלָ֭קַחַתLa.ka.chatH3947instructionמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148inwiseהַשְׂכֵּ֑לhas.KelH7919dealing, inrighteousnessצֶ֥דֶקTze.dekH6664andjudgmentוּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טu.mish.PatH4941andequityוּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃u.mei.sha.RimH4339;

4Togiveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414subtilty to the simple, to theyoungH5288manH5288knowledgeדַּ֣עַתDa.'atH1847anddiscretionוּמְזִמָּֽה׃u.me.zi.MahH4209:

5That thewiseH2450manH2450mayhearH8085, andincreaseוְי֣וֹסֶףve.Yo.sefH3254inlearningלֶ֑קַחLe.kachH3948; and that themanH2450ofunderstandingוְ֝נָב֗וֹןve.na.VonH995may attain untosoundH8085counselsתַּחְבֻּל֥וֹתtach.bu.LotH8458:

6Tounderstandלְהָבִ֣יןle.ha.VinH995aproverbמָ֭שָׁלMa.sholH4912, and afigureוּמְלִיצָ֑הu.me.li.TzahH4426; thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thewiseחֲ֝כָמִ֗יםcha.kha.MimH2450, and theirdarkH2420sayingsH2420.

7Thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068is thebeginningרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225ofknowledgeדָּ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: but thefoolishאֱוִילִ֥ים'e.vi.LimH191despiseבָּֽזוּ׃ פBa.zuH936wisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andinstructionוּ֝מוּסָ֗רu.mu.SarH4148.

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