בְּ֭נִי אִם תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ
My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה
So that you incline your ear to wisdom, apply your heart to understanding;
Word-by-word analysis· 6 words
כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַבִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֶֽךָ
Yea, if you criest after knowledge, liftest up your voice for understanding;
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
אִם תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה
If you seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as hid treasures;
Word-by-word analysis· 5 words
אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא
Then shall you understand the fear of YHWH, and find the knowledge of God.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
כִּֽי יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה
For YHWH giveth wisdom: out of his mouth knowledge and understanding.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
וצפן יִצְפֹּ֣ן לַ֭יְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּ֑ה מָ֝גֵ֗ן לְהֹ֣לְכֵי תֹֽם
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
לִ֭נְצֹר אָרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ חסידו חֲסִידָ֣יו יִשְׁמֹֽר
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל מַעְגַּל טֽוֹב
Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; , every good path.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
כִּֽי תָב֣וֹא חָכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם
When wisdom entereth into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
Word-by-word analysis· 5 words
לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת
To deliver you from the way of the evil , from the man that speaketh froward things;
Word-by-word analysis· 6 words
הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Word-by-word analysis· 6 words
הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָ֑ע יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹת רָֽע
Who rejoice to do evil, delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Word-by-word analysis· 6 words
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם
Whose ways crooked, and froward in their paths:
Word-by-word analysis· 5 words
לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה
To deliver you from the strange woman, from the stranger flattereth with her words;
Word-by-word analysis· 6 words
הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ
For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
כָּל בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים
None that go to her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר
That you mayest walk in the way of good , and keep the paths of the righteous.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
כִּֽי יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.