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to keepלִשְׁמֹרdiscretion,מְזִמּוֹתand that your lipsוְ שְׂפָתֶיךָmay guardיִנְצֹרוּknowledge.דַעַת
Proverbs 5:2
Study it in the app“to keep discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.”
A father warns his son against the foreign woman: what is sweet now ends bitterPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 5:2, word by word
- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- discretionמְזִמּוֹתmezimot
discretion
Prudence not to err; the care of one who thinks before acting.
Where else “mezimot” appears- and that your lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears- may guardיִנְצֹרוּyintsoru
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “yintsoru” appears- knowledgeדַעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears
The context
1My son, to my wisdom be attentive; to my insight incline your ear,
2 · This verse (above)
3For the lips of the strange woman drip honey from the comb, and smoother than oil is her palate;