H9020–י–y

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

בְּ֭נִי (י) i “my”

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

בְּ֭נִי (י) i “my”אֲמָרָ֑י (י) i “my”וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י (י) i “my”

Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

מִצְוֹתַ֣י (י) i “my”וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י (י) i “my”

Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou `art'.' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'

אֲחֹ֣תִי (י) i “my”

For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

בֵּיתִ֑י (י) i “my”אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י (י) i “my”

`Sacrifices of peace-offerings `are' by me, To-day I have completed my vows.

נְדָרָֽי׃ (י) i “my”

`With' ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.

עַרְשִׂ֑י (י) i “my”

I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י (י) i “my”

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

פִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice `is' unto the sons of men.

וְ֝קוֹלִ֗י (י) i “my”

Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips `is' uprightness.

שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י (י) i “my”

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

חִכִּ֑י (י) i “my”שְׂפָתַ֣י (י) i “my”

In righteousness `are' all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

פִ֑י (י) i “my”

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

מוּסָרִ֥י (י) i “my”

Better `is' my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

פִּ֭רְיִי (י) i “my”וּ֝תְבוּאָתִ֗י (י) i “my”

Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights `are' with the sons of men.

וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י (י) i “my”

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

דְּרָכַ֥י (י) i “my”

O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

דַּ֭לְתֹתַי (י) i “my”פְּתָחָֽי׃ (י) i “my”

`Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.

בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י (י) i “my”

Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

בְּ֭נִי (י) i “my”

Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

לִבִּ֑י (י) i “my”מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

לְדַעְתִּֽי׃ (י) i “my”

My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

בְּ֭נִי (י) i “my”לִבִּ֣י (י) i “my”

And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

כִלְיוֹתָ֑י (י) i “my”

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

בְנִ֣י (י) i “my”