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Chapter 22
A Good Name
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A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
𐤔𐤌 𐤍𐤁𐤇𐤓 𐤓𐤁 𐤌𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤇𐤍 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤌𐤊𐤎𐤐 𐤅𐤌𐤆𐤄𐤁
שֵׁ֭ם נִבְחָ֣ר רָ֑ב מֵעֹ֣שֶׁר חֵ֣ן טֽוֹב׃ מִכֶּ֥סֶף וּ֝מִזָּהָ֗ב šēm niḇ·ḥār rāḇ mê·‘ō·šer ḥên ṭō·wḇ mik·ke·sep̄ ū·miz·zā·hāḇ — WLC · 1
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The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD [is] Maker of them all.
𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤓𐤔 𐤍𐤐𐤂𐤔𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤋𐤌
עָשִׁ֣יר וָרָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ יְהוָֽה׃ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣ם ‘ā·šîr wā·rāš nip̄·gā·šū Yah·weh ‘ō·śêh ḵul·lām — WLC · 2
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The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
𐤏𐤓𐤅𐤌 𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤕𐤓 𐤅𐤐𐤕𐤉𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤔𐤅
עָר֤וּם׀ רָאָ֣ה רָעָ֣ה וְיִסָּתֵר וּ֝פְתָיִ֗ים עָבְר֥וּ וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃ ‘ā·rūm rā·’āh rā·‘āh wə·yis·så̄·ṯēr ū·p̄ə·ṯā·yîm ‘ā·ḇə·rū wə·ne·‘ĕ·nā·šū — WLC · 3
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The rewards of humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] wealth and honor and life.
𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤏𐤍𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤌
עֵ֣קֶב עֲ֭נָוָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְכָב֣וֹד וְחַיִּֽים׃ ‘ê·qeḇ ‘ă·nā·wāh yir·’aṯ Yah·weh ‘ō·šer wə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ wə·ḥay·yîm — WLC · 4
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Thorns and snares [lie] on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
𐤑𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤐𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤏𐤒𐤔 𐤔𐤅𐤌𐤓 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤅 𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤒 𐤌𐤄𐤌
צִנִּ֣ים פַּ֭חִים בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עִקֵּ֑שׁ שׁוֹמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ יִרְחַ֥ק מֵהֶֽם׃ ṣin·nîm pa·ḥîm bə·ḏe·reḵ ‘iq·qêš šō·w·mêr nap̄·šōw yir·ḥaq mê·hem — WLC · 5
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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
𐤇𐤍𐤊 𐤋𐤍𐤏𐤓 𐤏𐤋 𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤅 𐤐𐤉 𐤂𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤆𐤒𐤉𐤍 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤎𐤅𐤓 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤄
חֲנֹ֣ךְ לַ֭נַּעַר עַל־ דַרְכּ֑וֹ פִּ֣י גַּ֥ם כִּֽי־ יַ֝זְקִ֗ין לֹֽא־ יָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ ḥă·nōḵ lan·na·‘ar ‘al- ḏar·kōw pî gam kî- yaz·qîn lō- yā·sūr mim·men·nāh — WLC · 6
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The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower… is slave to the lender.
𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤉𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃 𐤌𐤋𐤅𐤄
עָ֭שִׁיר יִמְשׁ֑וֹל בְּרָשִׁ֣ים לֹ֝וֶ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ וְעֶ֥בֶד מַלְוֶֽה׃ ‘ā·šîr yim·šō·wl bə·rā·šîm lō·weh lə·’îš wə·‘e·ḇeḏ mal·weh — WLC · 7
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He who sows injustice will reap disaster…, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
𐤆𐤅𐤓𐤏 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤒𐤑𐤅𐤓 𐤀𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤈 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤊𐤋𐤄
זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יִקְצוֹר אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃ zō·w·rê·a‘ ‘aw·lāh yiq·ṣōr ’ā·wen wə·šê·ḇeṭ ‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw yiḵ·leh — WLC · 8
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A generous [man]… will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤏𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤋𐤃𐤋
טֽוֹב־ עַ֭יִן ה֣וּא יְבֹרָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־ נָתַ֖ן מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ לַדָּֽל׃ ṭō·wḇ- ‘a·yin hū yə·ḇō·rāḵ kî- nā·ṯan mil·laḥ·mōw lad·dāl — WLC · 9
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Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
𐤂𐤓𐤔 𐤋𐤑 𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤃𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤒𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤕
גָּ֣רֵֽשׁ לֵ֭ץ מָד֑וֹן וְיֵצֵ֣א דִּ֣ין וְקָלֽוֹן׃ וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗ת gā·rêš lêṣ mā·ḏō·wn wə·yê·ṣê dîn wə·qā·lō·wn wə·yiš·bōṯ — WLC · 10
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He who loves a pure heart… and gracious lips [will have] the king for a friend.
𐤀𐤄𐤁 𐤈𐤄𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤁 𐤇𐤍 𐤔𐤐𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅
אֹהֵ֥ב טְהוֹר לֵ֑ב חֵ֥ן שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו מֶֽלֶךְ׃ רֵעֵ֥הוּ ’ō·hêḇ ṭə·hōr lêḇ ḥên śə·p̲ā·t̲āyw me·leḵ rê·‘ê·hū — WLC · 11
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The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤍𐤑𐤓𐤅 𐤃𐤏𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤋𐤐 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤁𐤂𐤃
יְ֭הוָה עֵינֵ֣י נָ֣צְרוּ דָ֑עַת וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף דִּבְרֵ֥י בֹגֵֽד׃ Yah·weh ‘ê·nê nā·ṣə·rū ḏā·‘aṯ way·sal·lêp̄ diḇ·rê ḇō·ḡêḏ — WLC · 12
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The slacker says, “[There is] a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
𐤏𐤑𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤓𐤉 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤑 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤇 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤓𐤇𐤁𐤅𐤕
עָ֭צֵל אָמַ֣ר אֲרִ֣י בַח֑וּץ אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃ בְּת֥וֹךְ רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת ‘ā·ṣêl ’ā·mar ’ă·rî ḇa·ḥūṣ ’ê·rā·ṣê·aḥ bə·ṯō·wḵ rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ — WLC · 13
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The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
𐤐𐤉 𐤆𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤒𐤄 𐤔𐤅𐤇𐤄 𐤆𐤏𐤅𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤐𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤌
פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת עֲ֭מֻקָּה שׁוּחָ֣ה זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִפּוֹל שָֽׁם׃ pî zā·rō·wṯ ‘ă·muq·qāh šū·ḥāh zə·‘ūm Yah·weh yip·pōl šām — WLC · 14
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Foolishness [is] bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤕 𐤒𐤔𐤅𐤓𐤄 𐤁𐤋𐤁 𐤍𐤏𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤈 𐤌𐤅𐤎𐤓 𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅
אִ֭וֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָ֣ה בְלֶב־ נָ֑עַר שֵׁ֥בֶט מ֝וּסָ֗ר יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ ’iw·we·leṯ qə·šū·rāh ḇə·leḇ- nā·‘ar šê·ḇeṭ mū·sār yar·ḥî·qen·nāh mim·men·nū — WLC · 15
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Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich [will] surely lead to poverty.
𐤏𐤔𐤒 𐤃𐤋 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤅 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤀𐤊 𐤋𐤌𐤇𐤎𐤅𐤓
עֹ֣שֵֽׁק דָּ֭ל לְהַרְבּ֣וֹת ל֑וֹ נֹתֵ֥ן לְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר אַךְ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ ‘ō·šêq dāl lə·har·bō·wṯ lōw nō·ṯên lə·‘ā·šîr ’aḵ- lə·maḥ·sō·wr — WLC · 16
Thirty Sayings of the WiseSaying 1
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Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
𐤄𐤈 𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤊 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤔𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤁𐤊 𐤋𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉
הַ֥ט אָזְנְךָ֗ וּ֭שְׁמַע דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֑ים תָּשִׁ֥ית וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ לְדַעְתִּֽי׃ haṭ ’ā·zə·nə·ḵā ū·šə·ma‘ diḇ·rê ḥă·ḵā·mîm tā·šîṯ wə·lib·bə·ḵā lə·ḏa‘·tî — WLC · 17
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for it is pleasing when you keep them within you… and they are constantly on your lips.
𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤌 𐤁𐤁𐤈𐤍𐤊 𐤉𐤊𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤐𐤕𐤉𐤊
כִּֽי־ נָ֭עִים כִּֽי־ תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ kî- nā·‘îm kî- ṯiš·mə·rêm bə·ḇiṭ·ne·ḵā yik·kō·nū yaḥ·dāw ‘al- śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā — WLC · 18
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So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today— yes, you.
𐤌𐤁𐤈𐤇𐤊 𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤐 𐤀𐤕𐤄
מִבְטַחֶ֑ךָ לִהְי֣וֹת בַּ֭יהוָה הוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָ הַיּ֣וֹם אַף־ אָֽתָּה׃ miḇ·ṭa·ḥe·ḵā lih·yō·wṯ Yah·weh hō·w·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā hay·yō·wm ’ap̄- ’āt·tāh — WLC · 19
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Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
𐤄𐤋𐤀 𐤊𐤕𐤁𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤑𐤕 𐤅𐤃𐤏𐤕
הֲלֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי לְ֭ךָ שִׁלְשׁוֹם בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָדָֽעַת׃ hă·lō ḵā·ṯaḇ·tî lə·ḵā šil·šōm bə·mō·w·‘ê·ṣōṯ wā·ḏā·‘aṯ — WLC · 20
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to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
𐤋𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤏𐤊 𐤒𐤔𐤈 𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤉𐤊𐤐
לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗ קֹ֭שְׁטְ אֱמֶ֑ת אִמְרֵ֣י לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֱ֝מֶ֗ת אֲמָרִ֥ים לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃פ lə·hō·w·ḏî·‘ă·ḵā qō·šəṭ ’ĕ·meṯ ’im·rê lə·hā·šîḇ ’ĕ·meṯ ’ă·mā·rîm lə·šō·lə·ḥe·ḵā — WLC · 21
Saying 2
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Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤂𐤆𐤋 𐤃𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤃𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤃𐤊𐤀 𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤔𐤏𐤓
אַֽל־ תִּגְזָל־ דָּ֭ל כִּ֣י ה֑וּא דַל־ וְאַל־ תְּדַכֵּ֖א עָנִ֣י בַשָּֽׁעַר׃ ’al- tiḡ·zāl- dāl kî hū ḏal- wə·’al- tə·ḏak·kê ‘ā·nî ḇaš·šā·‘ar — WLC · 22
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for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them…
𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤁 𐤓𐤉𐤁𐤌 𐤅𐤒𐤁𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤒𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤍𐤐𐤔
כִּֽי־ יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־ קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃ kî- Yah·weh yā·rîḇ rî·ḇām wə·qā·ḇa‘ ’eṯ- qō·ḇə·‘ê·hem nā·p̄eš — WLC · 23
Saying 3
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Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤕𐤓𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤐 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔
אַל־ תִּ֭תְרַע אֶת־ אָ֑ף בַּ֣עַל לֹ֣א תָבֽוֹא׃ וְאֶת־ חֵ֝מוֹת אִ֥ישׁ ’al- tiṯ·ra‘ ’eṯ- ’āp̄ ba·‘al lō ṯā·ḇō·w wə·’eṯ- ḥê·mō·wṯ ’îš — WLC · 24
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or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
𐤐𐤍 𐤕𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤕 𐤋𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤒𐤔
פֶּן־ תֶּאֱלַ֥ף אָרְחָתוֹ וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ מוֹקֵ֣שׁ pen- te·’ĕ·lap̄ ʾå̄·rə·ḥå̄·ṯō wə·lā·qaḥ·tā lə·nap̄·še·ḵā mō·w·qêš — WLC · 25
Saying 4
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Do not be one who gives pledges…, who puts up security for debts.
𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤁𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤉 𐤊𐤐 𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤔𐤀𐤅𐤕
אַל־ תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־ כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃ ’al- tə·hî ḇə·ṯō·qə·‘ê- ḵāp̄ ba·‘ō·rə·ḇîm maš·šā·’ō·wṯ — WLC · 26
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If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤁𐤊 𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤌𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤊
אִם־ אֵֽין־ לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ יִקַּ֥ח מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃ ’im- ’ên- lə·ḵā lə·šal·lêm lām·māh miš·kā·ḇə·ḵā yiq·qaḥ mit·taḥ·te·ḵā — WLC · 27
Saying 5
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Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤎𐤂 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤏𐤔𐤅
אַל־ תַּ֭סֵּג עוֹלָ֑ם גְּב֣וּל אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ עָשׂ֣וּ ’al- tas·sêḡ ‘ō·w·lām gə·ḇūl ’ă·šer ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯe·ḵā ‘ā·śū — WLC · 28
Saying 6
29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤄𐤉𐤓 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤕𐤉𐤑𐤁 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤋 𐤉𐤕𐤉𐤑𐤁 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤔𐤊𐤉𐤌𐤐
חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ יִתְיַצָּ֑ב לִֽפְנֵֽי־ מְלָכִ֥ים בַּל־ יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵ֥י חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃פ ḥā·zî·ṯā ’îš mā·hîr bim·laḵ·tōw yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣāḇ lip̄·nê- mə·lā·ḵîm bal- yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ lip̄·nê ḥă·šuk·kîm — WLC · 29