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Should your springsיָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָbe scatteredיָפוּצוּoutside,חוּצָהstreamsפַּלְגֵיof waterמָיִםin the squares?בָּרְחֹבוֹת
Proverbs 5:16
Study it in the app“Should your springs be scattered outside, streams of water in the squares?”
The son is told: rejoice in the wife of your youthDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:16, word by word
- Should your springsיָפוּצוּyafutsu
overflow
To pour out with force, like water that cannot be held back.
Where else “yafutsu” appears- Should your springsמַעְיְנֹתֶיmaynote
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “maynote” appears- outsideחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears- streamsפַּלְגֵיpalge
channel, stream
A small stream or channel of water, like those used for irrigation.
Where else “palge” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- in the squaresרְחֹבוֹתrechovot
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovot” appears
The context
15Drink water from your own cistern, and flowing water from the midst of your own well.
16 · This verse (above)
17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.