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Proverbs 4:4-13

4Hetaughtוַיֹּרֵ֗נִיvai.yo.Re.niH3384me also, andsaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, Let thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820retainיִֽתְמָךְ־yit.mokh-H8551mywordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697:keepשְׁמֹ֖רshe.MorH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687, andliveוֶֽחְיֵֽה׃Vech.YehH2421.

5Getקְנֵ֣הke.NehH7069wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451,getקְנֵ֣הke.NehH7069understandingבִינָ֑הvi.NahH998:forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911it not; neitherdeclineתֵּ֝֗טTetH5186from thewordsמֵֽאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of mymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.

6Forsakeתַּעַזְבֶ֥הָta.'az.Ve.haH5800her not, and she shallpreserveוְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּve.tish.me.Re.kaH8104thee:loveאֱהָבֶ֥הָ'e.ha.Ve.haH157her, and she shallkeepוְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ve.ti.tze.Re.kaH5341thee.

7Wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451is the principalthingרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225; thereforegetH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451: and with all thygettingקִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗kin.ya.ne.chaH7075getunderstandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.

8Exaltסַלְסְלֶ֥הָsal.se.Le.haH5549her, and she shallpromoteוּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּu.te.ro.Me.kaH7311thee: she shall bring thee tohonourתְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָte.kha.Be.de.khaH3513, when thou dostembraceתְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃te.chab.be.Ke.nahH2263her.

9She shallgiveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414to thyheadלְ֭רֹאשְׁךָLe.ro.she.khaH7218anornamentלִוְיַת־liv.yat-H3880ofgraceחֵ֑ןChenH2580: acrownעֲטֶ֖רֶת'a.Te.retH5850ofgloryתִּפְאֶ֣רֶתtif.'E.retH8597shall shedeliverתְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃te.ma.ge.Ne.kaH4042to 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 inrightיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476pathsבְּמַעְגְּלֵי־be.ma'.ge.lei-H4570.

12When thougoestH3212, thystepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shall not behinderedיֵצַ֣רye.TzarH3334; and when thourunnestתָּ֝ר֗וּץta.RutzH7323, thou shalt notstumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.

13Take fastholdהַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.ZekH2388ofinstructionבַּמּוּסָ֣רba.mu.SarH4148; let her notgoתֶּ֑רֶףTe.refH7503:keepנִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָni.tze.Re.haH5341her; for she is thylifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃chai.Yei.khaH2416.

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