Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 16:21-24

21Thewiseלַחֲכַם־la.cha.kham-H2450inheartלֵ֭בlevH3820shall becalledיִקָּרֵ֣אyi.ka.Re'H7121prudentנָב֑וֹןna.VonH995: and thesweetnessוּמֶ֥תֶקu.Me.tekH4986of thelipsשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimH8193increasethlearningלֶֽקַח׃Le.kachH3948.

22Understandingשֵׂ֣כֶלSe.khelH7922is a wellspring oflifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416unto him that hath it: but thecorrectionוּמוּסַ֖רu.mu.SarH4148offoolsאֱוִלִ֣ים'e.vi.LimH191is theirfollyאִוֶּֽלֶת׃'i.Ve.letH200.

23Theheartלֵ֣בlevH3820of thewiseחָ֭כָםCha.khomH2450instructeth hismouthפִּ֑יהוּPi.huH6310, and addethlearningלֶֽקַח׃Le.kachH3948to hislipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193.

24Pleasantנֹ֑עַםNo.'amH5278wordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561are as anhoneycombצוּף־tzuf-H6688,sweetמָת֥וֹקma.TokH4966to thesoulלַ֝נֶּפֶשׁLa.ne.feshH5315, andhealthוּמַרְפֵּ֥אu.mar.Pe'H4832to thebonesלָעָֽצֶם׃la.'A.tzemH6106.

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