Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 4:4-13

4And hetaughtוַיֹּרֵ֗נִיvai.yo.Re.niH3384meH8104, andsaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeH8104, Let thineheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820retain mywordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697;keepשְׁמֹ֖רshe.MorH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687, andliveוֶֽחְיֵֽה׃Vech.YehH2421:

5Getקְנֵ֣הke.NehH7069wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451,getקְנֵ֣הke.NehH7069understandingבִינָ֑הvi.NahH998;forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911itnotאַל־'al-H408,neitherוְאַל־ve.'al-H408declineתֵּ֝֗טTetH5186from thewordsמֵֽאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of mymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310:

6Forsakeתַּעַזְבֶ֥הָta.'az.Ve.haH5800herH8104notאַל־'al-H408, and she shallpreserveוְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ve.ti.tze.Re.kaH5341thee;loveאֱהָבֶ֥הָ'e.ha.Ve.haH157herH8104, and she shallkeepוְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּve.tish.me.Re.kaH8104thee.

7Wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451is the principalthingH3605; thereforegetH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451: yea, withallH3605thou hastgottenH7069getH7069understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.

8Exaltוּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּu.te.ro.Me.kaH7311herH3588, andsheH3588shallpromoteH7311thee:sheH3588shall bring thee to honour, when thou dostembraceתְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃te.chab.be.Ke.nahH2263herH3588.

9She shallgiveH5414to thineheadלְ֭רֹאשְׁךָLe.ro.she.khaH7218a chaplet ofgraceחֵ֑ןChenH2580: acrownעֲטֶ֖רֶת'a.Te.retH5850ofbeautyתִּפְאֶ֣רֶתtif.'E.retH8597shall shedeliverH5414to thee.

10Hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085, O mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121, andreceiveוְקַ֣חve.KachH3947mysayingsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561; and theyearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141of thylifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416shall bemanyוְיִרְבּ֥וּve.yir.BuH7235.

11I havetaughtהֹרֵתִ֑יךָho.re.Ti.khaH3384thee in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofwisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451; I haveledהִ֝דְרַכְתִּ֗יךָhid.rakh.Ti.khaH1869thee inpathsבְּמַעְגְּלֵי־be.ma'.ge.lei-H4570ofuprightnessיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476.

12When thou goest, thystepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808be straitened; andifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518thou runnest, thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808stumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.

13Takeהַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.ZekH2388fastH2388holdH2388ofinstructionבַּמּוּסָ֣רba.mu.SarH4148;letH7503herH3588notאַל־'al-H408goתֶּ֑רֶףTe.refH7503:keepנִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָni.tze.Re.haH5341herH3588; forsheהִ֥יאhi'H1931is thylifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃chai.Yei.khaH2416.

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