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Proverbs 5:15-20

15Drinkשְׁתֵה־she.teh-H8354watersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325outH4325of thine owncisternמִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmi.bo.Re.khaH953, and runningwatersH4325outH4325of thine ownwellבְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃be.'e.Re.khaH875.

16Should thyspringsמַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָma'.ye.no.Tei.khaH4599bedispersedיָפ֣וּצוּya.Fu.tzuH6327abroadH2351, and rivers ofwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325in thestreetsH2351?

17Letיִֽהְיוּ־yih.yu-H1961them be for thyselfaloneלְבַדֶּ֑ךָle.va.De.khaH905, andnotוְאֵ֖יןve.'EinH369forstrangersלְזָרִ֣יםle.za.RimH2114with thee.

18LetH8055thyfountainמְקוֹרְךָ֥me.kor.ChaH4726beblessedבָר֑וּךְva.RukhH1288; andrejoiceוּ֝שְׂמַ֗חu.se.MachH8055in thewifeמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetH802of thyyouthנְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ne.'u.Re.khaH5271.

19As alovingאֲהָבִ֗ים'a.ha.VimH158hind and a pleasantdoeוְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ve.ya.'a.Lat-H3280,letH6256herH3605breastsדַּ֭דֶּיהָDa.dei.haH1717satisfyיְרַוֻּ֣ךָye.ra.Vu.khaH7301thee atallH3605timesעֵ֑ת'EtH6256; and be thou ravishedalwaysתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548withherH3605loveבְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּbe.'a.ha.va.TahH160.

20Forwhyוְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mahH4100shouldest thou, mysonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121, be ravished with astrangeבְזָרָ֑הve.za.RahH2114womanנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237, andembraceוּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗קu.te.cha.BekH2263thebosomחֵ֣קchekH2436of astrangerH5237?

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